Dataset Description: Telecommunications Towers and Antennas data for the State of Connecticut and its local government. Last updated July 24th, 2019.
Data Questions:
- What does the data mean?
- Is there something problematic?
- How does this apply geospacially?
- What are solutions related to any "problem areas"?
- Any key metrics, and insights, also why were such visualization methods chosen?
Tools Used: Treemap | Beeswarm Plot | Circular Dendrogram
Sources used:
[1] Hodan, G. (n.d.). Telecom,tower,wireless,network,signal - free image from needpix.com. Retrieved from https://www.needpix.com/photo/1455707/telecom-tower-wireless-network-signal-cellular-gsm-mast-wave
[2] Kleykamp, T. (2019, July 24). Telecommunications Towers and Antennas. Retrieved January 24, 2020, from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/telecommunications-towers-and-antennas
[3] VT Telecommunication Facilities. (2018, August 4). Retrieved January 24, 2020, from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/vt-telecommunication-facilities
[4] DensityDesign Research Lab. (n.d.). RAWGraphs. Retrieved from https://app.rawgraphs.io/
[5] VT Telecommunication Facilities. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://geodata.vermont.gov/datasets/9559bacdc938428ea4407f3c48cddded_59
[6] (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?panel=gallery&suggestField=true&url=https://maps.vcgi.vermont.gov/arcgis/rest/services/EGC_services/OPENDATA_VCGI_UTILITIES_SP_NOCACHE_v1/MapServer/59
[7] Knapp, T. R. (2013). To pool or not to pool: That is the confusion. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2013-Knapp-To-pool-or-not-to-pool.pdf
[8] By. (2019, October 7). Global Telecom Towers Market- What Are The Main Factors That Contributing Towards Industry Growth? Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/global-telecom-towers-market--what-are-the-main-factors-that-contributing-towards-industry-growth-2019-10-07
[9] Mann, A. (2020, January 17). Starlink: SpaceX's satellite internet project. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html
[10] Meigs, J. B., & Barron, S. (2019, August 14). America's Outdated Power Grid. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.city-journal.org/americas-outdated-power-grid
[11] Sussman, B. (2019, October 8). Revealed: Details of 'First of Its Kind' Disruptive Power Grid Attack. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/first-u.s.-power-grid-attack-details
[12] Kamal, A. M. decentralized-internet. npm (2020). Available at: https://www.npmjs.com/package/decentralized-internet. (Accessed: 18th March 2020)
[13] Barrett, B. (2019, September 7). An Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit US Power Utilities. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.wired.com/story/power-grid-cyberattack-facebook-phone-numbers-security-news/
[14] Knake, R. K. (2017, April). CONTINGENCY PLANNING MEMORANDUM NO. 31. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.cfr.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2017/03/ContingencyPlanningMemo31_Knake.pdf
[15] What is the meaning of Nietzsche's "From chaos, comes order"? (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-Nietzsches-From-chaos-comes-order
Core Resources outside of data:
- Knapp, T. R. (2013). To pool or not to pool: That is the confusion. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2013-Knapp-To-pool-or-not-to-pool.pdf [Chosen this given it was a short essay in references to statistical pool samples]
- By. (2019, October 7). Global Telecom Towers Market- What Are The Main Factors That Contributing Towards Industry Growth? Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/global-telecom-towers-market--what-are-the-main-factors-that-contributing-towards-industry-growth-2019-10-07 [This was in relation to the Telecom Towers market growth]
- Meigs, J. B., & Barron, S. (2019, August 14). America's Outdated Power Grid. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.city-journal.org/americas-outdated-power-grid [Crucial article related to our outdated power grid system]
- Kamal, A. M. decentralized-internet. npm (2020). Available at: https://www.npmjs.com/package/decentralized-internet. (Accessed: 18th March 2020) [Decentralization SDK that is actively being developed/contributing to, the inspiration to look at Telecom data to begin with and the technology around it]
- Knake, R. K. (2017, April). CONTINGENCY PLANNING MEMORANDUM NO. 31. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.cfr.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2017/03/ContingencyPlanningMemo31_Knake.pdf [Contingency planning related to the outdated power grid system]