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cs441GoogleMapsPwdd README.txt
Written by Erik Paulson, Kyle DeFrancia, Joey Devlin, Nicholas Warlen
Oct 31, 2013
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1.0 Introduction
Critical to the University of Portland’s standing is the admissions team, whose task
is to recruit quality students for the university. These individuals use admissions
data gathered from applicants to determine where to concentrate their recruiting efforts.
Until now, the admissions team has used spreadsheets to analyze their data. However, that
method is clunky and overwhelming. This project seeks to improve this process by creating
a web application that visualizes admissions data on a map in an understandable and
convenient format.
2.0 How To Use
To use the Data Visualization Tool, use the following steps:
1. Open index.html (located in the same directory as this readme file).
2. In the top-left dropdown, choose the type of region you want to see admissions information
about (state, city, zip code, high school or CEEB).
3. Type into the text field, next to the "Search By" dropdown, what you want to search
for.
The formats for the search types are as follows:
-State: Two letter capital abbreviation. E.g. OR
-City: City name. E.g. Portland
-Zip: 5 digit number. E.g. 97267
-CEEB: The full CEEB code for a high school. E.g. 380000
-High School: A high school name. E.g. Burns High School
4. Press "Lookup" button.
5. ???
6. Profit
3.0 Acknowledgements
Based on code written by Dr. Tanya Crenshaw. Her code can be found at:
https://code.google.com/p/cs441-google-maps-viz/