Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Map of the Week
The USGS Maps show how many earthquakes and of what magnitude are happening every day!
Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
Monday, March 29, 2010
ArcMap: Comparison of Classification Schemes, Rural Counties of Idaho
In order to improve this map I added a monochromatic color scheme of blues to show the variations. I believe if printed in black and white it would still show a good amount of gray variation but it is a lot more attractive in color. Keeping the single color scheme for all four maps is important to be able to compare the classification schemes. I also added my name and the date the map was revised.
Comparison of Simplification Methods
For this map I added the state boundaries for context in the locator map. I refined the line weights to match the “Zoom In “ map. I selected another part of the map to highlight and I refined the scale bars used in each map. I retitled the legend to be more accurate to the content. I put the original river line before simplification behind the others for comparison purposes. I liked this exercise for seeing the effects of simplification. I think the “Zoom In” map on the first map actually shows the differences better but I thought it was too exaggerated, too far zoomed in.
ArcMap: Shrinkage of Nez Perce Lands
The main change for this map is using a color that highlights the remaining Nez Perce Lands. I zoomed in slightly more on the focus area and removed the rivers to simplify the map. The rivers also tell part of the story however, showing how the Nez Perce people have been separated from the aboriginal waters that provided food source and transportation. I kept the surrounding states to show how large of an area was originally the aboriginal territory.
ArcMap: City of Buffalo, race by block
ArcMap: City of Buffalo, percent of children by block
Macromedia Freehand Comparison
The original map was set up with a cool 'neat line' but was too small. I also thought a locator map might help those unfamiliar with the State of Colorado.
I revised this map of
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Iris Mayes GEOG 390: GIS
As my finale to a M.S. in Bioregional Planning and Community Design, I am enrolled in Geography 390, Geographic Visualization. We are making maps mostly using ArcMap!
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