Own Your Own Map

PART III: Process Summary Description

1)      To find the Metadata for each of the layers, I added the layers to ArcGis and then I right-clicked on the layer, went to Data, then went to View Item Description to view some of the Metadata.  The rest of the data I utilized the ArcCatalog Window in viewer ArcGIS to right-click on the layer to view Properties.

2)      The following steps were used to produce my own map

a)      Copied data from the S drive to R drive and unzipped the file

b)      Opened ArcGIS in eDesktop

c)       Added both layers to the map with cities_feb04 on top

d)      Change the symbol for cities_feb04 to Circle 1 size 7

e)      Change the color of cntbnd to some tan color

f)       Selected Layout View to begin making my map

g)      Changed from Portrait to Landscape

h)      Added a neatline.  Not used to doing this.  New to me, so I had to redo a couple of times to fully understand it.

i)        Used the zoom tool to get the data to the view I wanted.

j)        Added the title.  Couldn’t come up with anything snappy here. Just played around with the font and got bored. Stuck to the basics.

k)      Added the Legend after ensuring the titles I wanted would show by renaming the layer names. Had already renamed them when I read the advised way to do it.

l)        I then added a north arrow.  That took a while deciding which one.

m)    Next was the Scale Bar, so folks could get an idea of the actual size of the object on the map.

n)      Finished up with Data Source and Prepared By. And changed the background for a little splash of color.

o)      Now the map is saved and exported as a JPEG to the S drive and backed up on the H drive.

p)      Time to post to my Blog and upload to Dropbox.

q)      Finished.

GIS 3015

I like they way this map is presented with the triple view of the area that is being shown.  I think they should have added Alaska to the title with Glacier Bay.  The north arrow and scale are available, but do not take up a lot of area so you are focused on the park itself and areas that one might want to concentrate on if they are going to visit the park.

I found this map while surfing the internet.  This one of those you look at just go WHAT? I'd have no clue this was all of France if I hadn't driven through quite a bit of it.  No clue why they wanted to highlight Cairanne.  They should have just written the name beside the dot like the rest of the cities.  Guess that is their attempt at a legend.  No north arrow, no scale, no title, no capital city symbol, and it doesn't even show whether there is land or  major bodies of coastal water.

Week 1 GIS 4043

This is my first time posting a blog.  I just learned how to tweet not too long ago, so bear with me and I'll take any help.  Thanks

Below is my Countries by Population map for GIS4043.  I did not have any problems in producing this map.  It is just slower using eDesktop instead of my own software.  I haven't had to produce a map for a while.  I'm just used to analyzing data collected from the field.

                     

                               Process Summary Description

1)      I read through the lab before starting.

2)      Downloaded the data from R drive to S drive and unzipped the data.

3)      Dragged all data to ArcGIS.

4)      Opened attribute table for World_Countries, right clicked on CNTRY_NAME selected Sort Ascending.

5)      Highlighted Dominican Republic, right-clicked then selected Zoom To.

6)      Cleared the selection, then zoomed out and panned westward to match example.

7)   With the Select Feature tool, drew a box around islands. After using the selection tool to select the group of islands shown, I opened the attribute table and selected the ‘show selected’ button which showed that 13 of 249 were selected.

8)      Used Identify to find and select Venezuela.

9)      Used the Find to locate Andorra and ISO_NUM 833(Isle of Man).

10)   Determined coordinates for Isle of Man.

11)   With the Go to XY, zoomed to El Salvador, and with the Measure tool, determined the distance east/west.

12)    Zoomed out and finished creating map for dissemination.

13)   Exported final product as a JPEG and backed up to H drive.

14)   Finished answering questions.

15)   This is a refresher for me in that I have been using ArcGis on and off for over six years.  I just don’t have the final piece of paper to show for all my on-line training and experience

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