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Answer Revealed:<\/h3>\n

As many of you successfully guessed — our winter mystery map, themed: Annual Valley Event, was mapping…<\/p>\n

Valley Gives Day 2014!<\/h2>\n
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Making the Map<\/h3>\n

The first map produced was the one used as the winter mystery map. The spreadsheet containing data about the donors’ locations included a zip-code field, which was the easiest piece of data to clean-up and join with an existing layer in the GIS. The zip-codes were reduced to a five-digit number, the field was saved as an integer, and the spreadsheet was added to ArcMap. The spreadsheet contained 28,000+ features representing each donation made throughout the day, meaning that zip-codes like 01060 (Northampton) where\u00a0many donations were made, there were multiple features with the same zip. To compile these so that each feature represented a zip-code with a field indicating total amount given, the summarize tool was used to summarize\u00a0the amount donated by zip-code. This resulted in a table with 1,756 unique zip-code features.<\/p>\n

Next, the national zip-code layer was added to the map and joined with the\u00a01,700+ zip-codes in the table. The data was symbolized at the local level using the breaks shown in the legend in the map above. The most money given by any zip-code was from Amherst, 01002, which gave a total of $211,766.<\/p>\n

For the local map I focused on the Pioneer Valley. I also produced a regional map and a national map because turns out that donations were given from 49 of our 50 states! For a local campaign! Take a look at the regional map (still divided by zip-codes) and the national map (by state) to see the spatial distribution of donations, also to ponder about North Dakota… The national map was made with a spatial join between the zip-code layer and a US states layer.<\/p>\n

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Regional and National Donations Given Final<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u00a0The Winner!<\/h3>\n

And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for — who was the first to submit a correct answer to the mystery map challenge??<\/p>\n

Jessie Blum<\/h2>\n

A senior environmental science student who has aspired to win the mystery map challenge for years, and also happens to have an affinity for map-making. She works with us in the SAL on mapping invasive plant species and is currently working with the botanic gardens on campus and the New England Wildflower Society to craft a new invasive species mitigation plan for Smith. You can read more about this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the\u00a0wise words from our winner when asked about her problem solving process:<\/p>\n

I actually took part in Valley Gives Day 2014 (I donated to Grow Food Northampton) and when I saw the mystery map, I immediately thought back to it. I couldn’t think of any other events that would have that quantity of donations, so I went with it! Also, it is so cool that the Valley does this…it’s so cool to see how much people are willing to donate to great local causes!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comments on the answers submitted:<\/p>\n

70% of the submitted answers were correct, however only the first to answer correctly can win — Jessie within hours of the challenge being posted, possibly setting a record for quickest accurate response!!<\/p>\n

Some other guesses include tax day 2014, regional census, and scholarships rewarded to local high school students — all reasonable answers.<\/p>\n

We asked our participants to include an explanation for the spatial pattern and some of the fine responses we received included:<\/p>\n

– Income<\/p>\n

– College communities giving higher amounts<\/p>\n

– Something about relationship to farmers markets<\/p>\n

– One respondent went above and beyond citing multiple factors: zip-code socioeconomic status, population density, proximity to the participating organizations, AND proximity to local media sponsors<\/p>\n

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Thanks to all who played!! Keep your eyes peeled for the next installation of the Spatial Analysis Lab Mystery Map!<\/p>\n

Looking for more? Visit our Mystery Map gallery<\/a> to see the highlights from the challenge over the past 14 years.<\/p>\n

Additionally visit our Mystery Map highlights and winners<\/a> page to read the exciting statistics gathered and view a complete list of the winners.<\/p>\n

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