Monday, May 12, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Labs 3 and 4 reposted
http://polinarial.googlepages.com/lab3411.swfis
This one is even worse. The size page is out of conrol. It looked much better on the other website, which does not work any more.....
This one is even worse. The size page is out of conrol. It looked much better on the other website, which does not work any more.....
Lab 6 reposted
http://polinarial.googlepages.com/lab6.swf
When I reposted the lab on google pages, it restored the page size.
When I reposted the lab on google pages, it restored the page size.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Map Festival in Baltimore
The trip to Baltimore was amazing!
The exhibit itself was also wonderful! There were a great number of maps that I have never seen before. I especially remember maps that were draw by Da Vinci and Tolkien, map of Japan, Russian map and earlier maps of USA. The other one which I liked the best was the map of characters from kid’s stories. I wish I had this map when I was a kid! It was so different and colorful!
Luckily, we also had some time to walk around the museum. The museum was very big, we could not see all of them. But we got a chance to see some pieces of art, icons and, of course, globes. I posted pictures of them, for people who did not get a chance to see them.
Despite the fact I enjoyed the trip and exhibit, I really expected it would be a bigger exhibit. The exhibit consisted of only 5-6 rooms. There also was a map that was made in Flash. Since we have spent the majority of the semester working in Flash, we can really appreciate the work that was put into the map. The map represented the civil war in USA. The animation was done soo nice and smooth, it made me jealous!
The trip was a great experience and it was nice to spend more time with my geographers friends!
The exhibit itself was also wonderful! There were a great number of maps that I have never seen before. I especially remember maps that were draw by Da Vinci and Tolkien, map of Japan, Russian map and earlier maps of USA. The other one which I liked the best was the map of characters from kid’s stories. I wish I had this map when I was a kid! It was so different and colorful!
Luckily, we also had some time to walk around the museum. The museum was very big, we could not see all of them. But we got a chance to see some pieces of art, icons and, of course, globes. I posted pictures of them, for people who did not get a chance to see them.
Despite the fact I enjoyed the trip and exhibit, I really expected it would be a bigger exhibit. The exhibit consisted of only 5-6 rooms. There also was a map that was made in Flash. Since we have spent the majority of the semester working in Flash, we can really appreciate the work that was put into the map. The map represented the civil war in USA. The animation was done soo nice and smooth, it made me jealous!
The trip was a great experience and it was nice to spend more time with my geographers friends!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Link to my lab #10
For this lab I have selected to overlap 2 maps of Saint-Petersburg. One of them is from 1717 and the other one is from 1737. Both maps show only one area which is called Vasilievkij Island - one of the most historical part of the city. Since the maps are sooo old it was not possible to line them up perfectly, but I tried my best! Hope you like it!
http://mason.gmu.edu/~plyamtse/PolinaLyamtsevaspbmaps.kmz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~plyamtse/PolinaLyamtsevaspbmaps.kmz
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
the Geographer tool of the future
I have created something called "Green Computer," the geographer can press one of the buttons and the world becomes better!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
German Invasion of Russia, 1941
After several hours and days of work, here is the German Invasion Of Russia:
http://www.swfup.com/file/163568
I have selected not to play the movie over again after it stoped on August 25, as I believe it will give an opprtunity for viewers to get familar with the map!
http://www.swfup.com/file/163568
I have selected not to play the movie over again after it stoped on August 25, as I believe it will give an opprtunity for viewers to get familar with the map!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Music Related Animated Maps
I have found a very interesting timeline on Madonna's official website http://www.madonna.com/. In the right corner is says TIMELINE, press it an it will take you to Madonna's images form the past and current. Very creative way of showing her career from 1982 to present time.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Flip Book Animation Presentaion
What is Flip Book Animation:
A flipbook is a simple form of animation consisting of a sequence of drawings, or photographs, that when "flipped" through by the viewer appear to create the illusion of motion. This illusion is an optical phenomenon known as the persistence of vision. It is the result of the eye’s retina retaining an image for about 1/12 of a second. When successive images are shown at a faster rate, the eye will blend them together with the retina retaining one image as the second is superimposed over it. This creates the illusion of movement and is the fundamental principle involved in film and television recording and reproduction. Sound movies have been traditionally projected at 24 frames per second or faster making the illusion of movement very smooth. (Gary Ferrington "Flipbook Animation" http://www.proscenia.net/pronews/randomlinks/filpbooks.html).
Maps represent spacial data including spacing, size, orientation and shape. Animated maps include these as well as duration, rate of change, order, display date, frequency and synchronization. The effectiveness of animation ultimately will depend on numerous factors including the symbology used, the level of interaction allowed, whether the user has expertise in the domain being mapped, and the user's past experience with animation. (Slocum et al).
Things to consider when creating an animation:
1. Duration: length of time a frame is displayed, depending on its length, can be either smooth or choppy.
How to apply in our class:
We all are just getting familiar with Flash and knowledge of using animation can be very useful. Flip book animation can be used to make your map more unique and get the attention of the audience. You can present change over time using animation which helps show spatial relationships.
Relevant websites:
Adobe website has step by step tutorial on how to create flip book animation in flash. This link can be very useful for the class this semester, since we are learning Flash from the begining!
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/search.cfm?product=Flash&term=Flash&topic=Animation#target
This website also shows step by step how to apply animation to several applications that we have used in the class. There are sevearl examples how to do frame by frame animations, it even gives you an option to download the file in order to work through the tutorial:
http://www.developingwebs.net/flash/
Other related links:
http://www.digicelinc.com/3D/3danimationJR2.htm
http://maps.unomaha.edu/mp/Articles/GISLIS/VisAnim.html
http://www.animationfactory.com/en/flash_animations.mc?cid=EB
A flipbook is a simple form of animation consisting of a sequence of drawings, or photographs, that when "flipped" through by the viewer appear to create the illusion of motion. This illusion is an optical phenomenon known as the persistence of vision. It is the result of the eye’s retina retaining an image for about 1/12 of a second. When successive images are shown at a faster rate, the eye will blend them together with the retina retaining one image as the second is superimposed over it. This creates the illusion of movement and is the fundamental principle involved in film and television recording and reproduction. Sound movies have been traditionally projected at 24 frames per second or faster making the illusion of movement very smooth. (Gary Ferrington "Flipbook Animation" http://www.proscenia.net/pronews/randomlinks/filpbooks.html).
Maps represent spacial data including spacing, size, orientation and shape. Animated maps include these as well as duration, rate of change, order, display date, frequency and synchronization. The effectiveness of animation ultimately will depend on numerous factors including the symbology used, the level of interaction allowed, whether the user has expertise in the domain being mapped, and the user's past experience with animation. (Slocum et al).
Things to consider when creating an animation:
1. Duration: length of time a frame is displayed, depending on its length, can be either smooth or choppy.
2. Rate of change: Equals m/d, where m is the magnitude of change, d is the duration of each frame. The smoothness is a function of the rate of change.
3. Order: sequence in which the frames are presented
4. Display date: the time some display change is indicated
5. Frequancy: number of identifiable states per unit time
6. Synchronization: temporal correspondence of two or more time series
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/index_loop.phpHow to apply in our class:
We all are just getting familiar with Flash and knowledge of using animation can be very useful. Flip book animation can be used to make your map more unique and get the attention of the audience. You can present change over time using animation which helps show spatial relationships.
Relevant websites:
Adobe website has step by step tutorial on how to create flip book animation in flash. This link can be very useful for the class this semester, since we are learning Flash from the begining!
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/search.cfm?product=Flash&term=Flash&topic=Animation#target
This website also shows step by step how to apply animation to several applications that we have used in the class. There are sevearl examples how to do frame by frame animations, it even gives you an option to download the file in order to work through the tutorial:
http://www.developingwebs.net/flash/
Other related links:
http://www.digicelinc.com/3D/3danimationJR2.htm
http://maps.unomaha.edu/mp/Articles/GISLIS/VisAnim.html
http://www.animationfactory.com/en/flash_animations.mc?cid=EB
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Map Machine
I was looking for a 3D Political Map on-line, I found that:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
It is called MapMachine and has road maps, satellite and physical maps of any place in the world. Looks pretty cool!
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
It is called MapMachine and has road maps, satellite and physical maps of any place in the world. Looks pretty cool!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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