Week 4 - The Verge of Places
This week we were asked to make a map that correlates with ideas that we’re currently exploring.
For our map, we decided to take a classic string map approach. We wanted to highlight the movement of people in relation to the kauri dieback disease.
We decided to colour code significant elements (people, foliage, direction of movement) to show their direct relationship. We used the site map as a rough guide as to where to put the pins. We also decided to have variations of pins - thicker pins means the venue and place and the thinner pins indicates the density of people and greenery. We also colour coded the strings: green is for existing live forest, brown is for they dying percentage of kauris and pink is for human traffic.
The challenge for this week was being able to create a cohesive map; currently, we are still looking to improve it however, we’ll work and develop what we have. I wanted it to look more dense in certain areas to accentuate heavy movement and give variation to the overall map.
