Earthquake Map is an application that displays an interactive map of the world's earthquakes and enables the user to visualize the threat some cities face.
DISCLAIMER: the "threat circle" radius is for illustration purposes only and is not intended to be used for safety-critical or predictive applications.
The UI is a PApplet (Processing window) that displays the National Geographic world map provided by Esri alongside the map's legend. As the user hovers the over a city or earthquake, a pop-up appears with information about the location.
Project Structure
- src: project source code
- lib_deps: library dependencies
- data: city and countries .json dat
- .project: Eclipse project file
- .classpath
Prerequisites
Eclipse IDE - for download and install go to https://www.eclipse.org/
Set-up
- Download the project on your drive.
- Import the Java Project in your Eclipse workspace.
Running the app
- Run EarthquakeCityMap.java to launch the UI.
- Observe the world's map, the map legend and zoom in and out using the scroll wheel.
- Left-click on an earthquake and see if one of the main cities represented on the map if within its "threat circle".
- Similarly, left-click on a city to see if it is within the "threat circle" of a nearby earthquake.
- The console displays a list of the countries affected by earthquakes and their number, as well as how many earthquakes occurred in the oceans.
Sample 1
Sample 2
Author
Andreea Teodor
Credits
This application was written as part of an assignment for: Data Structures and Performance – University of California San Diego on Coursera. (the libraries, parsing script and outline of the application were provided as a starter code)