Infographic/Mapping Class Project

You will produce an Infographic using Adobe Illustrator, Google Apps and Google Maps that showcases your visual design skills and ability to integrate the targeted software tools. What is most important is your understanding of visual hierarchy, a concept you will learn about during this unit.

Your infographic is based on a dataset you either obtain though research or collect using a survey. You may do this work with a small group of no more than 3 people.

Once you have your dataset you will decide how to best display the data in a visually compelling way. Think of this visual as something that could appear in the Saratoga Falcon newspaper, online on a website or blog, or as a printed poster.

Steps:

1. Select a topic and conduct research. (Friday, Aug 23)
2. Evaluate/Critique the infographic and data visualizations provided in the class (Visual.ly and others in upcoming lessons).
3. Learn Adobe Illustrator with a focus on design, typography, charts and graphs.
4. Conduct research using Google Forms (for survey), Google Spreadsheets (for survey responses), SurveyMonkey (alternative), and Google Maps API.
5. Create background infographic (as static jpg file)
6. Integrate background as background for web page featuring google maps that display markers on locations relevant to your data (infowindows, markers, mapping styles, basic html/css)
7. Upload all final work in your designated google folder on the google drive.

Today's Blogspot Comment Response:

1. How will you obtain your data?
2. What are some visuals, images, that might support your data visualization?
3. What colors/fonts might you use? Why?
4. What do you hope to uncover or find in your research that will make an interesting visualization?
5. How will the viewer feel when they see your visualization? How can you design something with the viewer in mind?