Flow Line Mapping

Immigration Flow Line Map

This Flow Line Map was designed using Adobe Illustrator to show immigration data for 2007. Each flow line is proportionate in width to its region's number of immigrants into the United States. Flow lines help to convey statistical data in a visually appealing way.

Vector Analysis 2

Potential Campsite Areas in Desoto National Forest

For this map, I utilized the buffer tool along with a couple of different overlay analysis tools to create a feature class showing the areas within the Desoto National Forest that are suitable for campsites based upon a specific set of criteria.

Isometric Mapping

Isohyet Lines

I created this grey scale isometric map of Georgia in Adobe Illustrator by manually interpolating isohyet lines at 5 inch intervals of average annual precipitation. This was a lengthy and detailed process that gave me renewed appreciation for the automation of computers.  

Proportional Symbols

This map was created from the world countries data available from ArcGIS Online. It is centered on Europe where I used a wine bottle as a proportional symbol in order to show, relative to one another, each countries consumption of wine in 2010.

This map was created from the one above in ArcMap centered over Western Europe. The final layout was done in Adobe Illustrator where I created circular labels and wine bottle symbols. The labeling is obscured on the smaller symbols due to the loss in image quality when the JPEG was created. Next time I'll Have to go   a bit bigger.

GIS Data Search

The goal for this weeks lab was to find the data for ourselves and then reproject it when necessary. The data for the following maps was retrieved from the Florida Geographic Data Library and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Land Boundary Information System.

Land Cover and DEM with Invasive Plants

This map shows two environmental characteristics of Hendry County, Florida. On the left, the county's Land Cover is classified by the value assigned to each category of plant species. The attribute table for this data includes a more meaningful description for each category, however the resulting legend would encompass an entire page. On the right is a DEM with an overlay of Invasive Plants clipped to the extent of the county boundary.

Public Land and Hydrography with Aerial Quarter Quad Inset

This map shows publicly owned land according to the Hendry County Property Appraisers Office. I chose to display this data by governing entity. I limited the hydrography data to only a few categories so it wouldn't clutter the data frame. I used the aerial quarter quad as an inset map where I changed the road labels and scale bar to a contrasting color.