This week, we had to create a map depicting the population density of European countries as well as the wine consumption per capita. We used choropleth mapping techniques to depict the population and proportional or graduated symbols to depict the wine. I opted to use the Quantile method to classify the population density as it offered the most nuanced look at the data. I used the graduated symbols to display the wine consumption as this method seemed to provide the most straight foward information to the viewer.
I used a variety of tools to help sort the data I wanted on the map including SQL queries and data exclusion. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to do the sorting on my project, and finally went to the discussion forum to see how others did it for their maps. It's really neat to see that their are so many different ways to accomplish similar tasks. My biggest struggle was getting the software to draw the labels. Man, did ArcGIS get sluggish! I finally had to just create some of the labels by hand to get things finished up.
No comments:
Post a Comment