Visualize a large set of meteorite strikes as a map

ASSIGNMENT

Your assignment will be to transform a spreadsheet describing 34,000 meteor strikes into a visualization that places each event on the map with a marker scaled to reflect the relative sizes of the meteorites. You’ll be using both Processing and Adobe Illustrator to work through the data set that I’ve provided below for the class. You’ll find additional data in the spreadsheet that you can use to take your map further, such as color coding the years the strikes happened.

DELIVERABLE

Upload a PNG or JPEG of your final map exported from Illustrator to the project gallery.

SAMPLE PROJECT

Here's how my map turned out for this assignment

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RESOURCES

Assets for Class Assignment – Meteorite Data Google Spreadsheet, and download the world map PNG file below, download Processing here

Help with Processing – Reference section on Processing, my GitHub account, Learn Processing

Other Data Sets to Explore – USGS Earthquake Data, Global Nuclear Power Stations, Global Airports

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