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Dataset Description: Telecommunications Towers and Antennas data for the State of Connecticut and its local government. Last updated July 24th, 2019.

Data Questions:

  1. What does the data mean?
  2. Is there something problematic?
  3. How does this apply geospacially?
  4. What are solutions related to any "problem areas"?
  5. 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 America's Outdated Power Grid. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://www.city-journal.org/americas-outdated-power-grid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:

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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]