Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Duval County Map (w/political propoganda)
Check out this link if you care at all about the path of our country.
HA! Told you I would post a map!!! Here is a map I created today that shows some socio-economic data. What this map is showing is land value (expressed in dollars/acre) and the routes of public transportation in the county. You can see some neat occurrences when looking at the map. The darker the shaded area, the more valuable the land. Notice that transportation routes make special detours on occasion to the darker areas, while most of the straight lines go through lower-valued areas. This appears contrary to what one might expect. I would like to critique my map by saying that to be more informative I should include actual transportation stops, rather than routes only.
HA! Told you I would post a map!!! Here is a map I created today that shows some socio-economic data. What this map is showing is land value (expressed in dollars/acre) and the routes of public transportation in the county. You can see some neat occurrences when looking at the map. The darker the shaded area, the more valuable the land. Notice that transportation routes make special detours on occasion to the darker areas, while most of the straight lines go through lower-valued areas. This appears contrary to what one might expect. I would like to critique my map by saying that to be more informative I should include actual transportation stops, rather than routes only.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
New Maps from Cam!
I APOLOGIZE for it being so long since my last post, but I have been working really hard on these new maps!
Above is officially my second map, which was considerably harder than my previous mapmaking experience. It is actually four maps showing the same data set, just with different data classification methods being used to sort the data.
The above map shows the different states of Mexico, sorted by population.
This map is my most complex so far. It shows a lot of the major features of Central Mexico, including Roads, Rivers, Railways, and Urban Areas. Also, if you will bring your attention to the inset at the top, I just want to point out that it was very complicated to create, and I am quite proud of it.
Extra Assignment: Geocaching is a virtual game played with GPS units that involves hiding and seeking small containers, or caches.
As for my daily dose of links to keep you entertained, you may want to try this link.
Above is officially my second map, which was considerably harder than my previous mapmaking experience. It is actually four maps showing the same data set, just with different data classification methods being used to sort the data.
The above map shows the different states of Mexico, sorted by population.
This map is my most complex so far. It shows a lot of the major features of Central Mexico, including Roads, Rivers, Railways, and Urban Areas. Also, if you will bring your attention to the inset at the top, I just want to point out that it was very complicated to create, and I am quite proud of it.
This final map is one of the Elevation of Mexico. I used a raster file of the elevation contours, inverted the color scheme, and added all of the frivalities that make a map pleasant to look at. I have become so proficient with making maps that it only took me about ten minutes to create this! I am getting good, but I still need to get better...
Extra Assignment: Geocaching is a virtual game played with GPS units that involves hiding and seeking small containers, or caches.
As for my daily dose of links to keep you entertained, you may want to try this link.
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