Extra Credit--Map examples

There were many fun and interesting examples of maps to be found, these were among my favorite:

1)Heating degree days--this was an interesting color contour map where the red represented warmer areas and the cooler areas were in white. It was neat to follow the contour lines as well as the colors.

2)U.S. Population Density--loved the colors and the white borders of the states, not the traditional black or dark borders--it draws you into the map.

3)Federal Land Ownership--subtle use of colors but it really makes you look into the western part of the country especially.

4)Tracking the West Nile Virus--a neat bivariate map that uses prism height, little difficult to interpret because of the boundaries of some of the states but interesting nonetheless.

5)Chernoff Faces Map of Health Issues in Chicago--liked this map because of the topic, the faces and the colors.

Extra Credit---Maps done by classmates

I looked over the blogs of both classes and saw many well done maps. These five were among my favorites:

1)dot density by CMackey--I liked this one because it was unusually stimulating with the added background color.

2)bivariate by LParker--In her map, Number of Orchards vs. Land Area I liked the colors she used to represent land infoormation and the symbol of the tree, especially this time of year. The trees look like they are planted in the land.

3)Total Housing Units in Maryland by AHunsberger--The placement of the houses in each county made it easy to read and I liked the fact that as the houses got bigger they looked more like mansions.

4)Illustration of the Sphere etc. by Ryan--I know this was one of the first labs we did and it may not be as complex but I like the way the different shapes are so distinctive with the different solid and dashed lines to represent the sphere, ellisoid, geoid and natural surface.

5)dot density by Robert B--I seem to like the dot density maps!! I like the contrast in background and foreground colors. It makes West Virginia really stand out--looks crisp.

Bivariate


Here is my lab #10.

Color choropleth


Here is my lab #9. I thuink I like the online version better than the printed version of my map. The printed version has little white lines all around the state's borders.

Dot density


Here is my lab #8. The dots look a little clumped in some areas--this is my second map and I had to do it in a hurry. the first map looked better but I messed up in saving the map.

Grayscale choropleth


Here is my work for lab #6. I am only uploading one map--the one done with the equal interval method.

Typography


Here is my lab #4. I apologize--you can't really see it because I didn't adjust it properly and then couldn't get back into it to take care of the map.

Computer issues

Labs #2,3 and 5 are missing in my blog due to some computer issues.
Infoplease.com is an encyclopedic site for geography that also includes almanacs, atlases, natural features and timelines.
I enjoy learning about agriculture and so for me, the usda.gov site is beneficial because it has lots of information on agriculture, food and nutrition and rural and community development.
Local.live.com is a really interesting site because you can take virtual tours of cities with different buildings and landmarks--it's almost like you were there.