Challenge 1: ERDAS Map Composition

This is the first challenge exercise in the summer term for Remote Sensing and Photo Interpretation. We were required to compose a map in map view in ERDAS software provided by UWF GIS online certification program. I included all of the elements required. I included a neatline, North arrow, and Scale bar. I could not add a legend although I tried for hours. I kept getting a error message stating the was no psuedo color for selected frame. HUHH???

I think the that ERDAS is a very challenging software package. As of right now I do not see any advantages over ArcMap and ArcCatalog. However, as with Adobe Illustrator I had many problems at first but with practice I began to see the advantages and I know that this will be the same for ERDAS.

Cartographic Skills Final Project: Spring 2010

Figure 1: The map above is a Chloropleth/Symbol map showing 2009 ACT composite score and percentage of graduating seniors taken thee ACT for each state. The map also emphasizes the relationship to states which have high rates for students taking test to lower overall testing scores.

Lorain Ohio Windfarm site

I chose this site just offshore of Lorain, Ohio. I chose this site because of the strong SW wind component of Lake Erie. This wind is strong here year-round but especially in the winter when the West to East flow weather pattern is prevalent. This site does not effect shipping lanes of Lake Erie. It is offshore so noise and flickering effect are negated. It is far enough offshore that visual impact is limited. There is a railroad that passes through Lorain, so importing supplies is not a problem. I personally do not belive that Ornithology is a problem. Birds have a natural sense to move up and down to avoid objects such as windmills(just an opinion).

Isarithmic Mapping

The first thing I did was to print the map of Georgia out so that I could easily practice drawing the Isolines.I had to think about how close I want the isolines to be to the given values.
My next hurdle was to outline the state of Geogia so that I had enclosed areas which I could use live paint to fill in. That is exactly what I did. After watching a few videos I was more confident with live paint and was able to break up the area into area of rainfall. I then filled them in. I added labels for each section and a legend, a north arrow, and text.
I dont know why it shifted to the right. huh That happened during the export of the map, not in the making of it.

Week 9: Flow Maps

I began this weeks assignment my producing a basemap in ArcMap. I then imported the basemap into Adobe Illustrator. Then in Excel, I was able to determiine the number of people coming from each continent and calculate the width of each arrow by using the formula provided.
I then added the arrows to the map in Adobe Illustrator, making sure that the appropriate width of each arrow was correct. I was able to do the legend in Illustrator and was able to import a north arrow.

Week 8: Dot Map

I began this week lab by performing a few calculations in our Excel program. I first summed the total houses in Florida and then divided by 2000 because that was the number suggested in the exercise. I then rounded that number to get whole numbers. Then divided all values by four. This is how I got the number of dots to put in each county.
Then I used Adobe Illustrator to add the required dots to each county. I took in consideration the area where people could not live like wetlands. I then added each dot personally to the map(over 1800). I then used Illustrator to make the map visually appealing. I do not know why it is shifted to the right. I could not correct it. I do believe that you can see very clearly the areas which are most densely populated or where housing is located.

Week 7 Proportionate Symbol Map

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.

Week6 Map2 Repost:

I was able to get rid of the mess on the map but was not able to resize the image to clean it up. Sorry.

Week6: Map2

I used Adobe Illustrator to manipulate the map I had originally done into greyscale. In order to figure out what tones to use, Excel was used to calculate different divisions of the U.S. and I displayed each region with a different greyscale to show increase in population percentage for each division.
New England: 6.1%
Middle Atlantic Division: 6.7%
East North Central Division:8%
West North Central Division: 7.6%
South Atlantic Division: 14.8%
East South Central Division: 11.7%
West South Central Divisio: 13%
Mountain Division: 29.6%
Pacific Division: 15.7%

Unfortunately after lokking at my post, I realized that all of the items I removed from Map 1 were actually posted with the map I had been working on. I hope to correct this tomorrow when I have time. I had to post it that way because of time constraints. Sorry!!!

Week 6: Map 1

This is the Cloropleth Map of the United States. It shows the percentage of change in population for each state between 1990 and 2000. I have set aside different data frames in order to get it all on one map. I used a destinctive color panel to emphasize the negative growth for Washington D.C. I also zoomed to that area as it is not easily seen at the national level and included it in my map. I added enhancement in Adobe Illustrator in order to have a pretty map.

Week 5: Map Composition

When I first began this project, I felt that all the aggrevation was not worth it in Illustrator. However, it seemed to finally get a bit easier once I understood the size of the windows. Then it was just a matter of making sure all the required elements were included.

Week 4: Adobe Illustrator Map

This is the third time I had to do this over. I hope this is what you wanted. I ran into some problems with saving maps and I had to do this one in a very short time period. I was not able to get replace the missing outline of Marathon Key as I had very litttle time to do project after as earlier projects were lost.Please take this into consideration.

Week 4 Maps: Projections

Module 3 Map 2

When interpreting the data for population of African Americans in Escambia County Florida, there was a greater number of regions with a very low population percentage. With this high number of low population over most parts of the county,I felt that this was the best representation of the data. Also in this map one can see the higher density of the African American population in and around the major cities which would be helpful if a company were targeting a specific audience.

Module 3 Map 1

I started this lab by showing all four methods on one map in order to get an idea as to which method was a better representation of the data given. In this map one can see the differences to each classification type and from this I was able to determine which types best fit the distribution African Americans in Escambia County Florida.

Lab1 Good Map

I believe this is a good map. The cartographer defines the area well. He or she have used good cartography with the use of scale bar,north arrow,and labeling of distinct regions such as mountains and lakes,while not having either affect the quality of the map. The addition of the map of Alaska lets you know exactly where you are. There is a good color scheme. The topography is well defined and the cartographer tells you some good information about the area as a side note on the map.

Lab1 Bad Map

I believe that this map has used a very bad color scheme.He also uses too many colors and different sized symbols for the same attribute. You can not figure out what the cartographer is trying to get across. I know that it is a map of African American population in the U.S. Maybe if he used a state by state break down it would not be so confusing. The symbolism that is used is also very confusing. Overall, the cartographer does not get his point across to the audience.