Monday, June 2, 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Analysis of Crossing the Line GIS Activity
The location of the new country of Ukraine is still in the same place, however the southern half had split off. Ukraine is near Russia, Poland, Belarus, Romania, and several other small countries. I have expanded the boundary of Russia to now cover the southern half of Ukraine. Since I did that, Russia now borders Moldova, which it hadn't before. Russia also now has access to the Black Sea. Both Russia and Ukraine are still in the northern hemisphere.
I believe that Ukraine will split up due to the lively protests taking place there right now. There is a strong cultural divide between it's people, those who side with Europe and those who side with Russia. The once peaceful protests have now taken a turn towards more violent ones, dividing Ukraine even further. There is also a lack of someone in charge since the president fled the country. These reasons are why I believe that Ukraine has a possibility of splitting.
With the newly made South Ukraine, they may not have a government ready or willing leader, and since most of them favor the Russians, Russia might then adopt South Ukraine.
The boundaries I made were cultural boundaries, for both merging and dividing. For Ukraine, I split it along the boundary of an ethnic divide and language. In the more southern parts of Ukraine, people spoke Russian and identified themselves as Russian. However, towards the North, people said that they were Ukranian and spoke their language.
With the information above, I also made the Russian merge. Since the people had already identified themselves as Russian and spoke Russian, why not unify them?
If Russia grew bigger, then it may gain more economic power in the world market. If Ukraine split, then it would be a nation-state, which brings more power to the state. It also may be able to join the European Union.
I believe that Ukraine will split up due to the lively protests taking place there right now. There is a strong cultural divide between it's people, those who side with Europe and those who side with Russia. The once peaceful protests have now taken a turn towards more violent ones, dividing Ukraine even further. There is also a lack of someone in charge since the president fled the country. These reasons are why I believe that Ukraine has a possibility of splitting.
With the newly made South Ukraine, they may not have a government ready or willing leader, and since most of them favor the Russians, Russia might then adopt South Ukraine.
The boundaries I made were cultural boundaries, for both merging and dividing. For Ukraine, I split it along the boundary of an ethnic divide and language. In the more southern parts of Ukraine, people spoke Russian and identified themselves as Russian. However, towards the North, people said that they were Ukranian and spoke their language.
With the information above, I also made the Russian merge. Since the people had already identified themselves as Russian and spoke Russian, why not unify them?
If Russia grew bigger, then it may gain more economic power in the world market. If Ukraine split, then it would be a nation-state, which brings more power to the state. It also may be able to join the European Union.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Sunday, October 27, 2013
LINK to this map on google drive
The map being analyzed is of the Percent Family households in the Unites States. On this map, you can see that there is a large cluster of 71.8% to 86.6% in the west side of Texas. In general, there is a large percentage of families in the Southwest. Along the South and Atlantic Coast, a little more than half of the population has families living there. In Minnesota, the Twin Cities area has many families, but in St. Paul or Minneapolis, there are hardly any families residing there.
I hypothesize that there are many families in the west side of Texas because that side shares borders with Mexico. Legal aliens might cross the border with their families, but not want to go too far into the U.S., so they stay on the border. In the Southwest, there is the state of Utah, which is known to have many Mormons; the fact that their are multiple Mormons living their could contribute to how many families are in that region. Minnesota might have fewer families living in St. Paul or Minneapolis (Hennepin County and Ramsey County) because those are major cities that may have more apartments than homes. Apartments might not be as suitable for having a family in than homes, so all around St. Paul and Minneapolis are suburban areas, where families can live.
In the regions most populated with families, there can be different things seen than in a region with few families. For example, there may be many more schools in the areas with families, seeing as their children need to be educated. There might be bigger houses, so that a family could live there without being confined in a small area. There may even be more furniture stores, since the bigger the family, the more furniture will be needed in the household. All of these can be accounted for having families in an area.
The map being analyzed is of the Percent Family households in the Unites States. On this map, you can see that there is a large cluster of 71.8% to 86.6% in the west side of Texas. In general, there is a large percentage of families in the Southwest. Along the South and Atlantic Coast, a little more than half of the population has families living there. In Minnesota, the Twin Cities area has many families, but in St. Paul or Minneapolis, there are hardly any families residing there.
I hypothesize that there are many families in the west side of Texas because that side shares borders with Mexico. Legal aliens might cross the border with their families, but not want to go too far into the U.S., so they stay on the border. In the Southwest, there is the state of Utah, which is known to have many Mormons; the fact that their are multiple Mormons living their could contribute to how many families are in that region. Minnesota might have fewer families living in St. Paul or Minneapolis (Hennepin County and Ramsey County) because those are major cities that may have more apartments than homes. Apartments might not be as suitable for having a family in than homes, so all around St. Paul and Minneapolis are suburban areas, where families can live.
In the regions most populated with families, there can be different things seen than in a region with few families. For example, there may be many more schools in the areas with families, seeing as their children need to be educated. There might be bigger houses, so that a family could live there without being confined in a small area. There may even be more furniture stores, since the bigger the family, the more furniture will be needed in the household. All of these can be accounted for having families in an area.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
My Activity Space
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