Lab 10...Finally DONE!

I don't have time to chat about it...will discuss it later today ;-)

Lab 9; Color YEAH!!

I also used Green like Aaron due to the military nature of the topic: Vet population. However, I stuck with the ColorBrewer colors due to my lack of creative ability :-) I made a few changes with stoke width and changed the colors of my Hawaii and Alaska outline boxes. I liked the rounded edges and colors/symbology that other students have used and wish I could learn Illustrator quicker and know how to do them.

The colors looked good between the printed and the JPG, however I would have made the lightest shade green a little darker. It is easier to see the class differences in the color version. However, neighboring states affect how you see the shades. Utah and Texas are the same, but Utah looks darker due to the darker neighboring states.

Lab 8...Those darn dots!!!

Here is the dreaded dot map! It didn't print out as dark as it looks in Illustrator or here in my JPG......

Proportional Symbol Map

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol10no1/03-0140-G2.htm

I was not sure if my Chernoff Face map counted as my Proportional symbol post. So here's one from the CDC on cases of flu that is not susceptible to penicillin.

I am noticing things from class like this map doesn't have a neatline and bad figure-ground. I probably would have noticed it before, but not been able to use the proper terms.

Dot Density Map

I had trouble finding dot density maps...Google search didn't get me very far.

I found this dot density map at the USDA web site at the following link:

http://www.nass.usda.gov/research/atlas02/atlas-livestock.html

I thought it was interesting because it shows two colors of dots to depict the changes in the number of cows. Blue for increase and Red for decrease. The quality is not the best...bad figure-ground because it is too washed out. I had to save the PDF and convert to JPG.

Lab 7 Proportional Symbol

Here's my version of the Maryland housing proportional symbol map. My original had a very light gray background...I was trying to get a good figure-ground contrast. But when printing in grayscale it didn't turn out, so I put it back to white.

I had fun creating my outhouse icon ;-) However, I do realize I forgot the scale...as Homer Simpson would say..."D'ohh!"