Isoline Map of 'Smerg' in VA

Example of an Isarithmic Map

I found this map online and thought it was a neat example because of everything that's going on! I can't imagine how long this took whoever drew it out, but they did a good job. It's a geologic map but the legend is too small to read unfortunately, even on the main page. Visually it is a good Isoline map!

http://www.esf.edu/es/felleman/USGeolMap.gif

Proportional Symbol Map for Maryland Counties

This is a proportional symbol map depicting the amount of people that carpool to work by county in Maryland. The largest was Prince George's County with the eastern, mostly southern and northwest counties being the lowest.

Lab 6: Color Choropleth Map

Looking at the printed copy and the web, the colors are different, as I imagined they would be. The lightest color (0-1.7%) looks darker and a bit dull on here compared to whats in front of me. The next class (2.0-3.3%) looks more like a mauve on paper. (3.5-4%) looks brighter on the web here whereas on paper it looks like there is no brightness into it. (5.1-6%) looks hot pink on paper and on web it looks more like fuscia. (9.3-10%) actually looks somewhat the same on web and on paper. I think overall, the web definitely adds brightness but on paper the colors are more crisp and of course glossy.

Example of a Color Map

I chose this map as a good example of color because I think that the colors go together very well, they don't blend together or clash. Also, the data was interesting because at this time of year I am on the lookout for deer while driving, especially in the country!

Gray Choropleth Maps

I did one of my favorite stores as the data for my map! There are over 400 Boutiques in the US and this shows the percentage by state. I think that the Natural Breaks map looks better, because there is more of a variety of the gray scale coloring than the Equal Interval.

Cool Choropleth Map

http://sarahpopesblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/choropleth-map.html

This Choropleth map came from a student, but I thought that it was very well done. It changes to show you the divorce rate by state and then will switch to show you divorce rate by county. Plus I found it interesting that California didn't have the highest increase as say Colorado, since actors can't seem to stay married, but I guess that goes for half of the US.

Creating Boundaries of VA, MD, and DC

This is my version of boundaries for the MSA!