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Spring 2015 GGS411 Project Proposal
For my semester project I have had an idea in my head for a few weeks. I would like to take an animated trip through our nations history. What I mean by this is I would like to take a map and start with the founding of the American Colonies and then show the progression of the growth of the nation. I plan on showing the formation of the US States since discovery. I will show French, Spanish and British colonies and then have them grow or shrink according to historical record. An example is how Virginia's boundaries were much further west then present day. I will be using for the most part Flash and step by step and many many frames creating an animation of fluid movement of that process. While this happens in certain area I will also plop in states as they were founded after 1776 and after. For my data I know that it should be hard to find old maps to help isolate previous boundaries. Hopefully I will be able to get those areas about right on my product. I will begin to start this process hopefully rather quick after the proposal discussion. For issues that I may have of course will be in flash...because its Flash, but also trying to get my location right and trying to solve the issue of land claims. The British, French and Spanish all had overlapping claims initially. Another that may creep up is how to do both Alaska and Hawaii. I'm think somehow throwing two boxes in there somewhere but haven't resolved that issue just yet in my head.Below is a link to a rough example of what I would like to do but of course more polished. The example seems a bit clunky and does not have a fluid motion to it.
Clunky American Growth Map
Clunky American Growth Map
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