1. This map of the ocean floor in Monterey Bay came from an online news article from UC Berkeley describing the new seismometer placed in the underwater canyon. The map shows the coast near Monterey Bay, including the San Andreas Fault, some mountains, and the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey. The map also shows the Pacific Ocean, in which the San Gregorio Fault is located and red circles, which probably represent past earthquakes. The new seismometer was probably placed there to measure the activity of these two faults. Finally, the map depicts the deep, close-to-shore underwater canyon. I thought this was an interesting map because it shows the structure of the ocean floor and also because it displays seismic data.
2. This map comes from the website of a Cornell University English class. It is a map of Mount Everest and other surrounding peaks. It is an interesting map because it shows not only topographic lines but also a detailed and realistic 3D representation of the mountains from above, complete with shadows and snow.
3. This map comes from the L.A. Times, but was posted on an Adobe website teaching people how to use Adobe Flash. It shows the location, cause, and race of homicide victims in Los Angeles County in 2007. It also shows small graphs to the side of the ages and dates of the murders. I think this map is interesting because it allowed me to find out that a vast majority of murders are from gunshot, are clustered in one main area, and have a high percentage of Hispanic victims.
Yikes the last map posted is kind of scary. We can definitely make a case against the NRA! Also I find it strange that the LA Times was using this to teach people how to use Adobe Flash. Still good information and it would be interesting to have it with a temporal variant as well.
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