I began by importing a basemap from ArcMap to Adobe Illustrator. Then After doing the required calculation in Excel, I was able to decide how to divide the information into five categories(under 100,000, 100,000 - 300,000, 300,000- 1,000,000, 1,000,000 - 5,000,000, and over 5,000,000). I then picked four or five nations from each division to symbolize with the appropriate size symbol. I used France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom for over 5 million gallons of consumption. I chose Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, and Sweden for 1 million to 5 million. I chose Ireland, Poland, Norway, Georgia and Finland for 3 hundred thousand to 1 million. I chose Belarus, Lithuania, Turkey, Cyprus, and Albania for 100,000-300,000. I chose Estonia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, and Faroe Islands for under 100,000.
The reason I chose these countries were they were available on the map and for esthetics of the map. Too many overlays with other countries.
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteI would have liked to see all of the countires shown with values and the labeling is very confusing in some areas.