Mapping Fun

[Garrett]

Hey everyone!

So, to keep myself entertained this winter break, and to make sure I don't forget everything I've learned, I've decided to take requests for maps that you all would like to see, and I'll try my best to make them. So, what all would you guys like to see ?

[bigredmed]

1. The ethnic groups of South Omaha (during 1900, 1930, 1950), I would like to know where "Goosetown" was.
2. The Mormon settlements with trails.
3. (and a biggie), the track of the 1913 tornado swarm overlaying modern Omaha metro area.

[Coyote]

Nice project Garrett! Speaking of Goosetown, how about a suburb/neighborhoods map. Especially the 30's to 60's names, I'm on my cell phone so I can't remember many of the historic names right if the top of my head...

[Garrett]

1.  The ethnic groups of South Omaha (during 1900, 1930, 1950), I would like to know where "Goosetown" was.
2.  The Mormon settlements with trails.
3.  (and a biggie), the track of the 1913 tornado swarm overlaying modern Omaha metro area.

Hmmm.... the first one may be difficult, because I'd have to find data on that, and I don't know if the census has ever really tracked ethnicity.

The second one is certainly possible, and perhaps the easiest.

The last one will certainly be interesting.

[Louie]

Geography major??

[Garrett]

Geography major??

Indeed. ArcGIS and I have a mild love affair at the moment

[bigredmed]

The 1913 storm is studied. The meteorologists in valley have an online site with the the track, but published on an old map.

[Brad]

The 1913 storm is studied.  The meteorologists in valley have an online site with the the track, but published on an old map.

Here you go:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/archive/191 ... topten.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Brad]

The 1913 storm is studied.  The meteorologists in valley have an online site with the the track, but published on an old map.

Here you go:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/archive/191 ... topten.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But not quite as crazy as the 1980 Grand Island Tornadoes...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gid/?n=gi1980tornado" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;