Mod 8 Dot Distribution

Module 8 required us to create a dot distribution map for Florida housing units. We were given some data from the 2000 census to create this by county. The illustrator file contained some limiting attribute data so we were not showing housing units on unbuildable areas of the county (i.e. water, wetlands). I chose to show the data as raw data and not per square mile. I chose not to use any other color besides black. This led to a boring map but I felt it was a little more effective in the primary purpose than using color. Additional data would have been useful in creating a better distribution within each county however we were tasked with simply showing housing units in the state based on the county.

Mod 7 Wine Consumption in Europe

Honestly, the way my distribution came out - I don't like it. I really need to work on those issues. Overall - fun exercise!

Module 6 Choropleth Mapping

Module 6 lab was to create one map showing percent of change by states between 1990 and 2000. The 2nd map was to calculate the changes per division. This was to be created in Illustrator with the 2nd map being in grayscale. It was a little tricky just trying to get the grayscale to work good enough to see the differences.

Mod 5 - Hispanic Population, Florida

Module 5 - The map was composed using Adobe Illustrator. A few items I remembered that helped me out alot was:
Use the Select - to find all of the same fill color - made it very easy to keep the legend and the map color consistant.
Use the Lock and Eye for the layers - Locking and unlocking those that you are not using helps me in only working with layers that I want.
Group/Ungroup - this helps in alignment and moving
I always try to add a date to all maps.

Module 4 Florida Keys in Illustrator

This module was for creating maps with map element and typography considerations. Although I have worked in Adobe Illustrator, it was a while back and not as easy with just one monitor for opening different windows. Yes, I am spoiled. I do enjoy working in Illustrator.

Module 3 Data Classification

Map 2 shows the natural break classification. I chose this as the more appropriate classification method for this data as it takes into account natural grouping in the distribution of the data.

Module 3 Data Classification

Map 1 of the assignment is to show all 4 classifications of the percent of African Americans in Escambia County. We were asked to symbolize the percentage based on 4 different data classifications. ESRI's software makes this relatively easy however you still need to know what the differences in classifications are and when they are appropriate to use.