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Phase 2 – plot the objects on a map
Posted on April 5, 2007 | No CommentsI started thinking and researching for phase 2 of the internship tonight. Plotting all of the objects that a student selects as their “My Favorites” on a map. There seems... -
I know the country outlines by heart
Posted on April 2, 2007 | No CommentsI now know the country outlines in Eastern Europe by heart. I could probably draw them in the dark. Contrary to the previous posts claim, I didn’t figure out the... -
Aaaargh…. maps.
Posted on March 30, 2007 | No CommentsWell, all of my time tonight was spent on drawing and re-drawing most of the country outlines in order to get the effects that I want. I didn’t get much... -
A better looking map
Posted on March 28, 2007 | No CommentsWow. That took a long time! I spent the whole evening working on making a better looking map. I almost had a bit of a scare as well, that all... -
Making a map, part 2
Posted on March 27, 2007 | No CommentsSo, I spent another 4 hours working on the Flash map. Mills showed me some really great Flash maps for inspiration. They live at MapsOfWar.com. I like the History of... -
Making a map, part 1
Posted on March 13, 2007 | No CommentsGetting the map from LOC. Deciding what to do, three scenes. -
Discussion of Kenny A Carnival of Revolution
Posted on March 2, 2007 | No CommentsWe discussed Carnival of Revolution by Padraic Kenney. Some further causes to the fall of Communism. People are no longer afraid they’re just plain fed up. The behavior of the... -
Notes from Kenny “A Carnival of Revolution”
Posted on March 1, 2007 | No CommentsA Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989 by Padraic Kenney ISBN-10: 069111627X Publisher: Princeton University Press; New Ed edition (August 11, 2003) Intro: Three common explanations for the fall of... -
Map research
Posted on February 27, 2007 | No CommentsGIS and Google: GIS would be a bit complex for this project. It is mainly used for displaying geographic data (ie. population density, economic diversity, elevation changes, etc), rather than... -
Discussion of Stokes The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Posted on February 15, 2007 | No CommentsWhy did communism fall? Some points Mills and I discussed: People were fed up with many aspects of life and began to support the dissidents. Gorbachev began changes in the...