COVID-19 pandemic has let governments around the world to impose lockdowm measures that restricts citizens mobility with the hope of decreasing the likelihood of spreading the diseases. The private sector and schools also introduced remote working and learning to reduce the spread of the virus in close indoor venues, such as offices and classroom. How effective are these measures? How much mobility reduction occurred due to the enacted policy? This website aims to use data from different sources (Location History, Seismic Records, Transportation Nodes) to visualize the reduction in mobility throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
These stories were created through the process of extracting data, visualization, the analysis of the data and case studies. Data was mainly extracted from open-source database that contains seismometer waveforms, technology company’s mobility trackers, and government reports. Visualization of the data was performed using Tableau and MapboxAPI and Python packages. The stories were then drafted according to the data and case studies of the specific location was researched based on the local events. For more information, please check out the “Methods” section of the website by clicking the “Read more” button below.
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the world had faced numerous new challenges and adapted to new lifestyles. However, new possibilities and technologies also thrived under the unforeseen circumstances. The purpose of this project is to document the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the island nation of Taiwan. Due to strict quarantine measures and border lockdowns, Taiwan was late to enforce “lockdowns” around the island. Nevertheless, when the virus broke through its barriers, lockdown measures were quickly enacted, leading to a drop in human mobility in a matters of days. To illustrate this process, this project used different data from technology companies to seismological data in order to paint the impact from COVID-19 using various lines of evidence. For more information, please check out the “about” section of the website by clicking the “read more” button below.
