Isoline Map, (weekly blog post #6)

I chose to select a type of map other than one that shows elevation or weather data commonly associated with the isoline mapping technique. Isolines are commonly used to denote territory either lost or gained through military advancements or expropriations of land by states through out history. I've been to Bosnia and Herzegovina and this map depicts the growth of Bosnian lands through the middle ages. The color ramp consists of four shades of pink that gradually get darker. Though numerical values are not associated with the different color layers, we can see that the darkest pink is associated with the actual origin of the Bosnian people, as well as a higher concentration in cities or town centers.

Lab 8 SMERG!

I tried to play around with the font a little bit. For whatever reason when I hear the word "smerg" it conveys some sort of noxious gas to me. I think the smokey letters came out pretty good!

lab 7 Graduated Symbol state parks map!

Proportional/Graduated symbol map (approved by professor Hallden to make graduated symbol map)

Lab 6, total percentage of state parks per state!

While working with color produces a more aesthetic product, it presented a bigger challenge trying to get a range of colors that work in concert with one another. I do believe that the light blue background fill I chose, combined with the radial gradient, mesh extremely well with the yellow/orange color ramp I picked. However, I am a bit worried that after countless minutes of experimentation with the color ramp, a better option for a color ramp exists. The title has been reworded and now it is easier to decipher the exact phenomena that is mapped. When contrasting and comparing the colors between my printed product and the computer based version, the colors appear to be quite similar. Although I believe my jumps between colors aren't one hundred percent crisp, I am happy that the colors between the computer based version and printed version remain true. I also added a small snippet of how to read the data classified within my map in hopes of eliminating any confusion with the data I chose.

Choropleth map post (weekly blog post #4)

The data illustrated on this map may not be the most welcoming, however I do like the mappers selection of their color ramp. It's crisp and easy to distinguish the differences between values. The selection of county level data also gives the viewer more information as opposed to the selection of state data.

Lab 5!

Given the distribution of the data being mapped, I've noticed that by mapping my data based off of natural breaks, the map is a bit more aesthetically pleasing to viewer. A wider range of grays are used through out the map as compared to the data being mapped using Quintiles as the classification method. Quintiles however create an equal amount values through out my five classes, giving it a higher degree of organization.

Lab 4!