Unit 10, Deliverable 1

I spent a lot of time removing and adding different labels on the map. The hospital labels seemed to distract more than aid the overall design, so I took out all the labels and used the legend instead. The legend looks busy, but I believe it's overall easier to read that way than the with the map covered in labels.

Unit 10, Deliverable 3

My biggest pitfall with this map was the line of site. It was very frustrating, but I finally realized that I missed putting the DEM into a coordinate system. When I figured that out, it all went smoothly after that. For this deliverable I decided to take off the other observation points on the stadium so that the graph represented the only point on the map. On my 3d image, I kept the other observation points.

Unit 9, Deliverable 2

This is the required screen shot for deliverable 2 after section 3.5. Again, the project was straight forward so no hang-ups to report. I think the most telling learning experience would be the organizing of data, rather than the use of data. Most of the directions were closer to recapping previous exercises, and I found that I understood what and why processes were done the way they were. However, organizing the data was all new and I learned a lot from that aspect of the lessons.

Unit 9, Deliverable 1

Straight forward assignment for this one, no issues that I came into. I like making these maps real simple, as if it were for emergency use. I found that coloring in the bay area, or making the counties something other than hollow, started to make the map more artistic rather than a tool. I wanted to design this one so that it could be easily referenced by someone who's first thought isn't "wow, pretty map" but rather "...this community is in the BAUA zone...". I hope that makes since.

Unit 8 -- Deliverable 3

I worked a lot with trying to make both the crime density layer as well as the population layer visible for the three maps. I think I got it pretty close to perfect. Some of the census blocks directly underneath the highest density areas of the crime map are difficult to read, but a view can still get a good idea of the numbers.

Unit 8 -- Deliverable 2

I simply liked this map, so I'm posting it here. I didn't really have any of the issues with this lab, most of it flowed smoothly.

Unit 6 Deliverable 3

I put the information out on the map layout so that it was all together and coherent. There were two legends in the beginning and the two paragraphs were equal in width to their respective outlays. I decided to simplify the layout though, took out one legend and lessened the paragraph widths. I also removed the frames around the paragraphs as it was just too busy.

Unit 6 Deliverable 2

I played with the layout a lot with this. I ended up searching the internet for multiple layout maps for some ideas, but they were generally either incredibly involved or just poorly made. I chose this layout because it was easy to read and grasp the concept.

Unit 6 Deliverable 1

Pretty basic here. I tried out one of the pre-made ArcMap layouts. Maybe I'm not creative enough, but it's not something I really like.

Unit 5 Deliverable 4

I tried the map several ways, most of which included some of the photographs. However, I thought it was arbitrary to only include one, maybe two, photographs. What if the viewer didn't care about that angle? I'd have to pull up the file and load the photographs anyways. Hence, the reason for the disclaimer on the Key View map. Other than that, this module went smoothly. I guessed as to what angle I should apply for the 3-D view north arrow. I can't imagine anybody navigating or building by such a map, so I'm fairly certain "close enough" is alright to tune in the viewers sense of geography.