Class 15 A: Lecture - Digital Mapping & GIS for visualization

This lecture is about digital mapping and GIS for visualization, discussing how these tools are crucial for various design fields like architecture and urban planning. The lecture covers data types like vector and raster data, file formats such as GeoJSON and Shapefiles, and common GIS operations like buffering and dissolving. It emphasizes how mapping helps to uncover insights from data and explores different projection methods and visualization techniques, including animation and interactive maps, using various libraries and tools. The material also provides code examples and resources for practical application of these concepts.

https://namjulee.github.io/njs-lab-public/work?id=2025-introductionToDesignComputation