Final Project

My final project assignment is to make two maps, which use different mapping techniques, and map two different areas, one map being a portrait, the other being a landscape. At least one of the maps is to have a scale bar. The maps are supposed to utilize the techniques of mapping involving things such as projections, data classification, proper text placement, proper placement of map features, color schemes and color usage, placement of symbols on the map.

My first map is a chloropleth map showing political partisanship (democratic vs republican) within California by congressional district. The second map is a proportional symbol map showing movie production by country in Europe and the surrounding areas.

Map of the Week April 25-May 1

This is a tourist map of the island of Bali in Indonesia, from www. indonesia-tourism.com, this map is interesting because it shows images of several areas on the island on the map and shows where on the map these images are from.

Map 9-Mixed race population in Buffalo, NY

This map shows the distribution of the mixed race population within the city of Buffalo, NY. It is a proportional symbol and chloropleth map. The circles and color both showing the amount of mixed race people in each census tract. With darker colors and larger circles representing a larger mixed race population. There is a clear spacial pattern with large amounts of Mixed race people living in the Northwestern portion of the city especially in the area just North of downtown, and there are very few mixed race people living in the Southern portion of Buffalo. This means that the Northern portion of Buffalo is likely more racially diverse then the Southern portion.

Map 8-Capitol Cities

This is a proportional symbol map with a Conical projection showing capitol cities with populations of greater then 750,000 the size of the dot represents population, as larger dots are capitol cities within a larger population range there are 5 different dot sizes, classes within the map. This map is not quite up to date as the national boundaries are those from 1992 which is why the Ukraine and nations of Central Asia are shown as still part of Russia. The dot values are also based on population values from 1992.

Map 7-Dot map of Vacant Homes in Idaho

This map is a dot map showing the density of vacant homes

in Idaho, 1 dot represents 60 vacant homes. It clearly shows a spacial pattern that vacant homes tend to be clustered around recreational vacation areas such as McCall, Coeur D' Alene and Sandpoint, as well as Boise. The fact that the vacant homes are clustered around vacation areas means that most of the vacant homes are probably second-homes for the wealthy which were unoccupied while the census was being taken.

Map of the Week April 18-April 24

This is a map of the extremely complex Tokyo subway system with the names of the stations in English. I got it from www.traveljapan.com

Map of the Week April 11-April 17

This is a map of the fictional town of Springfield from the Simpsons.

Source: http://simpsonseps.com/cutenewsupdate/data/upimages/map_of_springfield.gif