Methodology
Map Discussion
The maps in the appendices are the focal point of our research. Aside from being visually striking, we hope that they also stir up some interest along the way. Three dimensional maps supplement the two dimensional maps. They offer an alternative means of representing the data. An overview of the study area shows the entire region of interest, while another Lower Mainland map shows population density at wider perspective. The additional maps of individual municipalities contain data that gives a closer perspective of the area than on the previous map. These maps help to give context to the raster information portrayed on them.
For display purposes, the raster information that crosses boundaries into water bodies has been clipped out. The same has been done with raster data where it is distributed from the centroid location into parks and recreation areas.
There is no map that focuses on Bowen Island other than the general one, so we will address an issue with that location now. The map depicts the people living on Bowen Island as being clustered at the same location, with a relatively high density. This happened because there was only one centroid for the island, thus all data was allocated to that point. This also occurred in other areas, including one location in Pitt Meadows, for example.
Richmond, Delta, Surrey and Langley are municipalities with an increased concentration of agriculture and rural land. Although they share that characteristic, the distribution of population differs between them. Populations are mainly in the suburban areas within the four municipalities; they are dispersed where the farmlands are. A large discrepancy is in Langley, where hobby farms litter the landscape. They are owned by families, simply for the serene lifestyle that rural living can bestow.
The northern municipalities (West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge) all have populations only in the southern portion of their boundaries. Forested mountains cover the unpopulated areas, and hopefully it will remain that way for generations to come.
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