Re: Newbie needs help
- Posted by ChrisB (moderator) Sep 09, 2008
- 1110 views
I think this is a good idea for a school project, modeling disease transmission, changing factors on the fly but you've got a steep learning curve ahead of you, as well as adding in a huge amount of data to include the various factors (geography, temperature, humidity, wind, climate, terrain, vegetation, water conditions, rainfall, human population, animal population, mosquito species - to name just a few).
Trying to model a scanned map would probably be a nightmare. Programmatically design your map (in the program), and set various options on various regions.
Have several map views (for the same map) each view showing a different modelled factor - eg hight, forestation etc.
A good example to start with would be L and D by Quark - available on the archives.
Good luck with your huge project
Chris
