Final Project

Caption:

The above graduated symbols map depicts both the average composite ACT score (white dots) and the percent of graduate students tested (black dots) by state for the United States. This information was provided by the website act.org.

Module 11

I chose this location for my proposed wind farm based on several factors (I also understood the wind farm needed to be on land).

Primarily, the local wind speeds are sufficient for the turbines. There is a minimal number of birds that migrate through the area. The nearest residences are roughly 0.5 miles distant. There are several tree stands in the area that would also break up any noise/sight irritations. The site is easily accessed from an interstate (~3 miles distant) to a local highway (~0.25 miles distant) to a local road that travels dirrectly in front of the site. Also, there is a moderate sized city ~1.8 miles, as the crow flys, to the northeast of the site.

Module 10

Above is my precipitation map for the state of Georgia. I did not have much difficulty working with this lab. For the most part, things went pretty smoothly. I did work on getting the north arrow a little more interesting for this map. I also opted to not include a legend as I felt the statement concerning the precipitation as well as the numbers located on the map would be explanatory enough for people reviewing the map.

Module 9

Above is my flow map depicting the immigration of legal immigrants to the U.S. I really didn't have to many problems with this Module. I thought it was interesting to see where the most immigrants were coming from. I woudl have figured that more would come from Europe and less from Asia.

Module 8

Above is the Dot Map assignment. This assignment went pretty well. I seemed to have some difficulty with Excel on this go around.

Module 7

I definitately do NOT care for Adobe Illustrator now. I guess I am just not that bright, because I feel lost and thuroughly frustrated using it. It seems like buttons and such just randomly disappear and are no longer in the same place when I try to relocate them. This has been by far the most difficult Module yet.

Module 6

Map 2 is below. It was not too difficult. I had some minor issues with the Illistrator. Map 1 is below. It was pretty easy to work through.

Module 5

I had some difficulty with Adobe Illistator. This has been my first attempt at using it. Otherwise, this project went pretty well.

Module 3_Post 2

I felt the quantile data classification method showed the best diversity of information while also providing a good sectioning of the information. Therefore, I chose this method to map the data provided. I did have some difficulty changing the legend to read 'Percent Black', but managed to figure it out.

Module 3_Post 1

I suffered no real draw backs with this assignment other then a couple formatting issues that I was able to work out.

Maps_Good vs. Bad

Above is an example of a bad map. It appears more time was spent entering the names to the left of the map then was spent on the map itself. There is too much 'clutter' on this map. it draws away from the purpose of the map. The two differing information sets (aquifer and recharge area) are overlaid in a way that leaves the viewer questioning if they are seeing the full areas covered by each data set.

Above is an example of a good map. It has a limited amount of information that it is providing and provides that information in a very simple and easy to understand way. There is no real 'clutter' to this map as shown on the first map.