GIS6005: Lab 1 - Map Design

I established a clear labeling hierarchy in this map. I made cities the largest and most legible. Next, I labeled the rivers, and lastly, I made the states a muted, less readable, and contrastable Label. I used a curve placement for the rivers again and a centered placement for the cities. State labels were made grey to suppress them against the rivers and cities. I labeled the rivers using dynamic labeling with curved placement. I allowed the text to follow the natural geometry of each of the rivers. I italicized all of the fonts and made them with light halos and a legible but muted color. I made the labels readable and contrasted them with the background.

 

GIS6005: Lab 5 - Analytical data

 

I attempted to keep the colors very basic and continuous throughout the layout. Using a solid background and a green and grey color scheme. I used bold black text to make sure it stood out from the other information on the page. I used neat lines to separate the material and balance the map, making it cohesive. I also separated the maps and other visualization techniques and gave each its own space on the map. I selected two visualization techniques: a scatterplot and a bar chart. The scatterplot was used to examine the relationship between Poor Health (%) and Excessive Drinking (%). This technique is good for identifying correlations and outliers between the two variables. The bar chart was chosen to highlight overall averages for Poor Health and Excessive Drinking. I chose a horizontal bar layout to improve readability and allow easy comparison.

GIS6005: lab 4 - choropleth mapping

I used a choropleth map to represent population change because the data are normalized values that vary by county. This teqnique is good for showing patterns and localized trends. I used sequential color scheme going from light to dark so that increases in population are associated with darker tones, and declines are shown with very light shades. This creates a clear visual hierarchy and allows the viewers to quickly distinguish areas of growth from areas of loss.