Maps I Made

  For this week's participation, I picked this map of Oahu as a good representation of cartographic design. I think it is exemplary for the following reasons:  1. Labels are used in a way that shows the names of important features but doesn't fill the map with words making it unreadable. 2. The layers in this map do a good job of showing important features that add to the map like the roads, waterways, and cities.  3. This map has a good color scheme. The colors used in this map are light and easy to look at and don't take away from the features.  Source:  Oahu Reference Map . https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.jxyn9_cL3_l1AbD2QfJfPgAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain.

  The first map I made was map #5a which is a reference map of Livingston County, NY. This map is relatively simple and has town polygons as well as labels. I wanted this map to be very basic and just be used to show towns and their respective shapes.  Map #5b is the same map but slightly more complex. Instead of being a basemap, this map of Livingston County is a reference map. This map includes towns (although they are not labeled), villages (which are labeled), waterways, and major roads. This map took me around an hour and a half to make from finding the data to using data queries to limit the features shown. Both maps use the same CRS: 2262. I also included a scale bar in this map to help show the extent of the features. 

  This map is exemplary for the following reasons: 1- It is an accurate map of London except all features are replaced with font that fills in the space for each feature (street, river, park, etc). 2- Depending on the size of the feature, some fonts are bigger than others representing what should be focused on more than other features. 3- The color of the font is based on the type of feature it is associated with. The river has blue font while roads have a maroon font. London Typographic Map . https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.d21044d74e4356cc8b69b54315222341?rik=Zs%2brAnlR59K5QQ&riu=http%3a%2f%2fcdn.notonthehighstreet.com%2fsystem%2fproduct_images%2fimages%2f001%2f087%2f713%2foriginal_london-typographic-map.jpg&ehk=4%2fzeDExjpPfqPRUv%2fUFakfJLc8I1jh36bEFOEV0fdkQ%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0.

  Map #4a is a choropleth map resembling 2020 election results in New York by county. The bluer shades represent more Democratic counties while the redder shades represent more Republican counties. This map took me around an hour and a half to make just to get a hang of it. I had never created symbology with multiple fields before, so it was a lot of trial and error for me. Below is a screenshot of my map in ArcGis Pro:  Map #4b is also a 2020 election map in New York by county but this time I used a dot density map with two different colors instead of a choropleth map. Each dot represents 5000 votes, and the colors correspond with the colors of the parties. This map only took me about 45 minutes to make. My original plan for this particular map was to create a graduated symbol map with two different colors, blue and red for the opposing political parties, yet I could not figure out how to add another field to put in two colors for the life of me. Below is another screenshot of my work

  For this week's blog participation, I found a map with several map elements that I believe are exemplary for the following reasons.  1. The map, although very blurry, has a legend as well as symbolization showing the capital, cities, and other natural formations. 2. The map has a scale bar which shows how large the area being shown is. It also shows the ratio from map units to scale units. 3. The map has additional elements such as a compass, a title, and a brief description of what the map is portraying.  Source:  Mexico Population Map . https://image3.slideserve.com/5450971/slide10-l.jpg. Accessed 4 Mar. 2024.