Expert answer:Lab Mapping
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LAB: Mapping, Surveillance, Tracking Infrastructure
For this lab project, you will create a map with accompanying write-up.
For this map, you may choose any Information Communication Technology (ICT), surveillance or
tracking infrastructure to visualize in a map form of your choosing. (Note two attached past student
examples.) You may or may not have to go out and do site-specific research; this really depends on how
and where you choose and what the topic turns out to be.
As I indicated, some of you might wish to connect this research to your group project initiative or to
something else you’re curious to figure out or place into perspective. Your project should be wellresearched based on your chosen infrastructure.
Develop an illuminating visualization of this existing or hypothetical infrastructure, to the best of your
abilities. You will also create a write-up that explains issues associated with the infrastructure you’re
either documenting or proposing. Discuss choices and the reasoning behind them and if there’s any
consequences or deficiencies connected to design or access to the visualized infrastructure. In other
words, discuss what is learned from your visualization/map. How does this understanding transform the
way that we think about your chosen infrastructure?
You will create at least a 250-word explanation of your individual map (but no more than 350
words). You should discuss the choices you made and the reasoning behind these choices. What do we
learn from visualizing infrastructure in this way? You may also want to address how your
visualization/map “tells white lies”. How is this approach vital for the success of your visualization?
For each map or visualization, you will be graded on the following criteria:
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Map clearly communicates data
Creative approach to visualizing information
Effective use of documentation in your map visualization
Visualization is in conversation with the topics discussed in class and reading
Well-written reasoning of design choices
Write-up clearly and thoughtfully addresses problems of mapping
Write-up is in conversation with the topics discussed in class and readings
Goes beyond parameters of the project to show evidence of effort
2-Part two:
What were your experiences creating this outcome? Discuss challenges, difficulties, thought process.
Explain the rationale and techniques for changes or edits and what research you might have done to
decide how to create a new perspective or “reading” of the infrastructure(s) at stake? This should be at
least 250-words but no more than 500-words.
Verizon’s Data Centers in the U.S.
Other major data centers
City
Ashburn
Carteret
Denver
Houston
Manassas
Richardson
Santa Clara
Atlanta
Chicago
Elmsford
Irving
Miami
Seattle
Boston
Culpeper
Herndon
Los Angeles
Piscataway
San Jose
State
VA
NJ
CO
TX
VA
TX
CA
GA
IL
NY
TX
FL
WA
MA
VA
VA
CA
NJ
CA
As I started this lab, I started thinking about the monopoly
Comcast has had in the Baltimore area since 2001. The city of
Baltimore recently renewed the contract with Comcast in 2016 for
another 10 years. Broadband service from Comcast is not as it could
be, so why won’t the city make a change and contract with other
providers? Are others’ infrastructures not as good as Comcast’s? As I started looking for answers
to these questions, I was able to find out the locations of data centers of Comcast’s competitor,
Verizon. I would’ve imagined that their data centers are spread out across the country, but to my
surprise, most of them were located along the east and west coast. One of the issues with locating
these data centers close to the coastline could be the increasing sea-level, especially with
locations such as Miami, L.A, Houston, or Boston. Their choice of selecting these locations could
be that they are major cities in the U.S., and the reason for selecting cities close to the coastline
could be that their infrastructures would be close to submarine communications cables. I searched
for a map to visualize other major data centers in the U.S. to see if locating data centers close to
the coastline is implemented much. Through this second map I noticed that there is a large
number of data centers located in the northern east coast, where we also have a large number of
submarine communications cables. From these maps, and this lab I was able to learn that data
centers are located strategically close to submarine communication cables.
2- Part two
I experienced trouble deciding on what type of infrastructure to choose for the lab, I wanted to
choose something relevant and of interest, which is why my first thought was the broadband
service in the Baltimore area. Knowing that Comcast has a monopoly in the area, and that the
service is not as good as it could be, led me to question why won’t we take a different path by
contracting with different providers. This led me to research about the infrastructure of
Comcast’s competitor, Verizon. I then decided to focus on their data centers. My first
conception of how the data centers should be located throughout the country was changed, as I
noticed that a lot of the locations are selected close to the coast, and close to submarine
communication cables.
I was curious about the speed and red-light cameras in the Baltimore area so, for my map,
I decided to look at the number and location of these types of cameras here. The red-light
cameras detect and record vehicles that run a red light while the speed cameras detect and record
vehicles that are traveling above the speed limit of the area it’s in. The locations for these
cameras are provided by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation. The cameras are also
a part of the DoT’s Automated Traffic Violation Enforcement System, which is there “to provide
consistent enforcement of traffic regulations, modify driver behavior, reduce crashes, injuries
and fatalities and improve pedestrian, bicyclist and vehicular safety in the City.”
It is interesting to see what kinds of cameras are in certain areas because it can give
insight into what types of traffic violations occur often in those areas. It is also interesting to see
just how many of these cameras there are. I was expecting there to be more traffic cameras to be
a part of this system but, according to the DoT, there are approximately 50 in total. After reading
an article from the Baltimore Sun about the system, I found that there used to be a larger system
in place but was shut down in 2013 due to the inaccuracies and problems that plagued it, such as
parked cars sometimes being flagged for traffic violations. Knowing that, I understand why there
is only this many traffic cameras. Of course, this doesn’t mean that traffic violations and
accidents only happen in these areas but that these are the most prominent areas, or the areas
where most traffic violation reports are made, in all of Baltimore to start with.
It was somewhat difficult mapping out the locations of the cameras since it is hard to
accurately pinpoint where they were on the map. It was also difficult to showcase the number of
cameras in the mapped-out areas because some of the areas have a cluster of 2 or 3 cameras in
them.
2- Part two
Top of Form For this lab, I was curious about how many traffic cameras there were in Baltimore and
where they were so I decided to focus on that.It was somewhat difficult mapping out the locations of
the cameras since it is hard to accurately pinpoint where they were on the map. It was also difficult to
showcase the number of cameras in the mapped-out areas because some of the areas have a cluster of
2 or 3 cameras in them.
Gold Route
Black Route
Black Route
Black Route Stops
Gold Route
Gold Route Stops
The two maps seen above illustrate the infrastructure of Towson Universities most
popular shuttle routes. These two routes have proven very effective in helping to move
students across campus. With only a few shuttles running at a time Towson manages to always
have very short wait times at each stop on the main academic section of campus. Looking at
these routes in this way clearly depicts the effectiveness and the routes ability to get students
very close to any building that they need to get too. With this route design and specific
placement of stops students can be anywhere on campus essentially in under twenty minutes.
An additional piece of infrastructure that is used on these shuttles is a tracking system.
This system allows students to be that much more efficient when moving around campus. It
tracks the buses and provides a prediction as to when a shuttle will be arriving at any stop you
select. All of this information can be accessed through the TU Ride app available on any mobile
device. This map and approach clearly illustrates how the busses can effectively operate on
campus. They have now become an essential piece of infrastructure at the University.
2-Part two
The infrastructure of Towson University’s bus routes are very effective. I wanted to look
into the inner workings of this system to see what make it so effective. I didn’t find a lot of
trouble when searching for the maps of the different routes Towson has to offer. Upon further
studying of these maps it became clear of a few of the main aspects to the shuttle system that
allow it to have such an effective infrastructure. One of these aspects is that each of the shuttle
stops are strategically placed to get the students as close to the important and most popular
buildings on campus. Even with limited roads near certain academic halls a bus stop is never
further than a quarter of a mile away from most buildings. This careful detail put into planning
these shuttle routes is made very apparent when seen on the map and is a clear key to it
running well. Another one of the essential components used in these shuttles is the tracking
system. This infrastructure is a key to the effectiveness of the shuttles because it allows the
students to plan there movement from class to class the much better. With its accurate
predictions to the arrival of a shuttle at a stop it is clear that these routes are a very important
to an efficient student and faculty life on campus. These points clearly demonstrate how the
maps of these routes can clearly make traveling more less stressful and more effective when on
campus.
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