The Crimson Central Europe

thingiverse

David Lampton George Mason University Math 401 11/22/2021 Hey everyone, here is my third print! It is a model of Central Europe with each country’s population density for 2019. Population Density according to National Geographic is the “concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale.” It can be found by dividing the population of a certain country by land area (either square miles or kilometers). In terms of coding, this project was relatively easy. Initially, I wanted to create a model of Central Europe with population density from two different years (the first one either being 1900 or 1950), but I could not figure out how to do this. So I ended up with data from just 2019. I got the data from Mathematica hoping it represented data from 2021, but it did not. I realized this late and was not able to change this in time. But I think 2019 was recent enough for this not to be a big issue. Attached is a picture of some code I used that was instrumental. As you can see, it does not appear to be that complex. The rest of the code is not that bad either. When it came time to print, I did not have time to print in the Math Maker Lab at my University, so I printed at a place called the Mix Lab (it strikes me as a laid-back place) instead. I used one of the print machines there, and the printing process only took around an hour. When asked about which color I would like for my print, I told the worker who helped me that I would like it to be red. As you can see, attached are a couple photos of my print. I was a little surprised by the small size of the print. One downside of the small size is that it is harder to discern which country is which due to the sloppy borders. It also does not help that the orientation of the countries is backwards, though if you have geographic talent, you should be able to figure the location of the countries out. The attached STL file should also help. I think I accidentally envisioned a larger print when printing, but nonetheless, this print is not terrible. One could argue that the small size adds elegance to the print, and I do not disagree. After all, it is meant to describe the population density of each country in Central Europe, and Central Europe is arguably a place of elegance. As someone with German and Hungarian ancestry, I can say that the classical music from those countries (Beethoven and Liszt for example) give me a sense of stately elegance. In addition, I put the word Crimson in the name of the print as red is a very important color for Central Europe (each country has red in their flag). Overall, that was my print, and I hope you enjoyed reading about it! https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/population-density/