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Quentin Miller
1 Mar., 2018
Senior Project
Week Three Blog

Over the break, I reached out to ULI, the organization that I would like to intern with. I sent them an email and have yet to receive an answer. With my copious amounts of time over the break, I also did some brainstorming about how I want to go about creating my product (maps) and the type of maps I want to create. Additionally, I looked into other possibilities for internships at other organizations that emphasize land use, space, and mobility, three central ideas to my project. My goal over the break was to develop my ideas and to come up with back-up options should ULI not get back to me; I successfully met these goals. After much thought about my essential question, I settled on the question: How can maps and other geography-based visuals change the way we view the world around us and serve to create a better foundation for understanding our world? Some of my specific goals over the next two months are to get/secure an internship (of course), to decide on the software(s) I will use to create the maps, conduct background research regarding the information that will be displayed on such maps, and to learn more about transportation and mobility in the bay area. Another goal will be to understand more about population growth and transportation expansion projections and predictions in the Bay Area and beyond.

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