Over the weekend I was watching KCRA 3 news channel to see
what the upcoming weather was going to be like. While I was watching the
weather segment, a planimetric view, or God’s eye view, of Sacramento and its
surrounding cities appeared. This perspective allows people to not only see the
weather in their immediate town, but to also see the weather in nearby towns.
This can be useful if people are planning on traveling, so they know what weather
to expect. If the map was shown from a different perspective, viewers would not
be able to see all of the surrounding cities. In this case, perspective plays a
huge role in helping the map effectively show the weather.
This past week I was also looking at weather maps for the storm that hit Tahoe from a planimetric view. Before taking this class I always thought this view was a Bird's Eye View, so i'm glad I finally know the correct name! It was really cool to be able to use concepts from this class and apply them to weather maps that effect our everyday life. Nice observation!
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting post. In my opinion, we go through our days accepting many things for the way they are. It has never occurred to me before to question the point of view that the weather is presented in. But as you pointed out, by having a planimetric view it allows people to see the weather for a specific location and surrounding areas. If it were another view, the information they would be receiving would be limited.
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