Final Final Map!

IT'S DONE IT'S DONE LOOK AT IT IT'S DONE!

Almost Done?!

Can it be? Is it true? Am I actually almost done with this class and final project?! Maybe. Haha, but this is what I have so far! I'm actually really proud with what I've done thus far. So all the data is there, the proportional symbols are in place, yes I still have to do scale, clean it up a bit, make some changes, not sure what to do quite yet with the text on the bottom, but this is the gist of it. Take a look?

On this map I have some paw prints outlined in black, and some not outlined at all. I think I like the bigger prints better outlines, but it's hard to see the smaller ones. Thoughts? Ways I can work with it?

Final Lab Critique

Some idea with neon colors.

Final Lab Critique

Here it is, my final map in progress. The data is pretty simple, pretty straightforward, what we've been dealing with for most semesters. Thus, I really want to do something eye catching and creative in the design. I would like to make it catchy, intense, sharp. So my thoughts are going from neon to black and the contrast. However, I'm super open for suggestions! I think I would like my legend to be in dog paw prints, with the different colors for the different numbers of attacks, but I don't have a color scheme yet - nothing has caught my attention. Help!

Lab post #10 - Bivariate

I really enjoy this map and research. The color scheme is clean, and noticeably different in color shades. The sizes of houses are distinguishably different as well and stand out nicely against the shades of color. I wish the map was the greater focus of this flyer, but overall it was a job well done. 

LAB 10 let's try this again

Maybe this will work better - a little better, yeah. 1 inch represents 42 miles.

Lab 10 - LAST MAP YESSSS

Lab 10 - last one!
I'm proud. I'm proud of how far I've come in this class, how much I've learned about cartography, and how much I've learned about time management (haha, but seriously, I've learned a lot). This map is a bivariate map, and I did my best to correlate with colors. I found out too late into the process that my data did not involve ALL the data of North Carolina counties, so I had to work with what I had. I'm happy with this map, and I hope you are pleased as well.

Peace out

So I've just looked at it online, and it's NOT what it looks like on illustrator. Um.... lemme look.

Lab #9: Dot Density Map

Lab 9. This map shows the density of horses and ponies owned in West Virginia. 

Here is lab 9. It's clean and shows the density of where horses and ponies owned in West Virginia are located. Each dot represents 17 horses or ponies.

Weekly Blog Post: #9

I chose this map because it is a dot density map I have ever seen. It is dot density, yes, but the dots being different colors demonstrating red/pink/purple affects to the states makes it visually interesting. Although it is not the easiest to read, and I would not depend on this map to read who won the election, I like the creativity. The darker purple blue is dominantly Obama, the more pink/red is Romney, and the green is barely seen throughout this map. I believe this map was executed properly, but it is not the most accurate of a dot density map.

Final Project Proposition

Got it! Before I chose my final project data, I had just learned that my family sold our house to the current renters in Ohio. My whole life I have moved (military - Coast Guard brat) but for a while I was too young to recall any of the reasons we lived in a state or country, and the specific county or city. Back to the people buying our house, I got thinking about why they wanted to buy the house, what was it about the neighborhood etc, and I did some searching. In Virginia, I have found dangerous dog listing (determined by the local court) data per county of Virginia. This is the map I am creating. I am counting, per county, the dangerous dogs that are listed in order to help homeowners, and maybe parents with young children, decide where they may choose to move in Virginia.

The data I gained is from Data Virginia, from Virginia.gov, and seems legitimate in its data and covers all counties. Although a majority of the counties seem to have very few or no dangerous dogs, I feel that it would be very helpful and potentially reason for change of moving plans for homeowners. I have searched for maps of dangerous dogs in Virginia and no results came up, so I may be the first one to create this map!

This link is the website data.virginia.gov where I found the material for dangerous dogs: https://data.virginia.gov/agriculture/
This link is where the actual data is from: https://dd.va-vdacs.com/public/public.cgi

I'm still contemplating between the types of maps, but I am going back and forth between choropleth or dot map. The data ranges from 0 to 42 dogs, and majority are 0, 1, 2, and 3 dogs per county. Thoughts?

I need a basic Virginia basemap, which I can possibly use from past labs.
The map below is a dangerous dog map based in Minneapolis. I could possibly do something like this as well, might be more visually enticing.

Blog #8 Isoline Map

Here it is, Lab 8. This is the map I'm most proud of yet. I put in a lot of time and effort to make sure I could really produce it well, and I think I did. I hope you like it!

Weekly Blog Post #8

Weekly blog post - isoline map. I went hiking at Bull Run Park on Saturday, and there they had an isoline map to read. I was laughing because my roommate couldn't read the map (just like Professor Hallden said in class, people have difficulty), but I figured it out and the way to climb up the mountain to a gorgeous view. Yay geography majors!

Lab 7

Proportional Symbol Map
Chinese Population Between 2008 and 2013 in Maryland Counties. Writing appears in both simplified Chinese characters and English.

Weekly Blog Post #5

Almost caught up!
This week's map was to find a choropleth map that we enjoyed. Here it is! I thought the color scheme was interesting. The colors were different, but I feel that they may have been too different to distinguish the different areas of world hunger clearly. The dark green, for me, indicated higher malnutrition, but that is not the case here.

Weekly Blog Post #4

Campus Map
When I saw the blog requirements, I thought of Ohio University. Both my sisters (one graduated last year, one's a sophomore there now) have attended the school, and it is gorgeous. This map I found was very interesting in the detail. They pinpointed different types of trees, clusters of trees, a structured river showcasing how it surrounds the campus. This map shows the roads and running paths around the river and through campus. Also, the neighborhoods of the campus are color coded. It makes the school seem more structured than a bunch of building being clustered together. I appreciate how the cartographer of this map placed each circle or cone representing trees in each specific spot on the map, that is time consuming!

Weekly Blog Post: #3

Weekly Post #3! Type!

I thought this was really interesting. I found this map of neighborhoods/areas of DC. I was intrigued by the size of type she used, and the shape. I don't know if I like it or not, but the different sizing of letters makes it pop and makes it engaging to interpret.

Weekly Blog Post #2

Sometimes, there is effort, even if it's not in its ideal form. Effort is coming through here by posting these blog posts late. So here goes!
Week 2: Projection
After studying the different types of projections, I was really intrigued by the pseudoconic
(heart shape) projection. I've never seen it before, and it seems somewhat realistic instead of the flat or cut-out styles of maps.

Weekly Blog Post #7

Proportional symbols don't always have to be circles. I dig the creativity.

Lab 6: Color!

Lab 6: Choropleth Color Map - Percentages of Bachelor Degrees Received Per State in the United States. I did my best to choose bright and distinguishable colors and create a clean and engaging map.
The differences between the map online and the map that was printed out was that the online image was not as bright as the one printed out. The ink is much more orange-y and has more of a macaroni and cheese appeal rather than a faded orange appearance online. I am satisfied with the distinction of colors and boundaries on both maps.  

Weekly Blog Post #6

Weekly blog post #6
For some reason, I have severely struggled with posting weekly posts, and recognize that this may gravely affect my grade. Better start late than never, right? So here it is, week 6. I really enjoy this map. The color scheme is clean, but eye catching, and the shades really help recognizing the spectrum of lesser numbers to greater numbers.

Lab 5: Choropleth

Lab 5: Choropleth Maps of Bachelor Degrees Received.

Lab 3 - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Lab 3: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Design. We had to mimic the original map and get the labels as close to the original map as possible.

Lab 2: Mollweide Graticule

Lab 2: Mollweide Graticule! I had a harder time with this map, but I think I accomplished it well, and I'm proud of it.

Lab 1

Lab 1: Illustration of Sphere, Geoid, Ellipsoid, and Natural Surface.

First Map!

Well hello!
 I must admit, as a geography major, I was the odd one out and was never too intrigued with maps. Starting GGS 310, the contagious excitement for maps is catching on, and I'm already getting more excited about it! For this first post, I picked a world map on population density in 2013. Ever since becoming a geography major, I have really found a love for studying population, migration, border control policies etc. I find it interesting where places are most densely populated, and why.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/map-population-density