Find or imagine a client or preliminary research question I want to draw a map showing where the AIG bailout money that was in the news this weekend went. Brainstorm about boundary maps and data you will need I think the list of recipients is world-wide so I think I'll need a world map with countries and major cities. I'll have to download the information released by AIG and see what format it is in. What GIS techniques will I use (and thus have to learn or bone up on) Importing data from Excel Matching data by name (join) Flow arrows (no idea where/how this is done) Storyboard/FlowChart Project and Presentation
Twitter Map (superbowl)