Module 2, Map of Florida

This lab was about the importants of all the map elements, specifically labeling. We learned the differences of labeling points (cities), lines (rivers), and polygons (swamps and marshes). My map shows all of the important features in florida, including important rivers, cities, the capital of Florida, Okefenokee Swamp, and the Everglades. The water features are in italics and the cities are in regular font. The font I used was Bodoni MT because I thought it looked sleek and easy to read. To label I used ArcGIS pro's labeling function for all labels. For the rivers I customized by placing the labels in river placement curved above the river. I learned how to use the convert labels to annotations to have more control of the location of the labels. I made the Everglades label fit the entirety of the largest part of the everglades. Here are three more customizations I made: The first customization I made was in the label properties for rivers, under position->conflict resolution under remove duplicate labels I removed within a fixed distance of 150 points. I think this made the rivers look less crowded. The second customization I made was to move all point labels to the upper right corner. According to the lecture this is the best location for a point label. The last customization I made was changing the capitals symbol to a star to indicated that it is an important city and is different from the other cities

Good Maps vs. Bad Maps

THis week we are looking into the differences between a good map and a bad map. Here is an example of what a good map would be:

This is a map depicting the largest ancestry in the 2000's in each state and each county. This map is very easy to understand. There is minimal "crap in the map, showing only the important inforation. The important things in the map state out, with the focal point of the map being the map of ancestery with largest population in each county. This depicts the imformation truthfully showing smaller areas to give better understanding of ancestry in america. Here is an example of what a bad map would be:

This is a map depicting the wildlife and game in the US usnig pictures. This map is not easy to understand. So much information is given on this map that I cannot focus on one thing. The labeling is very small to inlcude all of the info. The title is on the bottom of the page and if very small so it goes overlooked. The infomration around the map seems unneeded and difficult to undertand. I do think the map could be pretty to look at, but does not convay information clearly of effieciantly.

A little about me

 Hi everyone! My name is Abby Stack and I’m in the GIS Administration Masters program. I currently work as a GIS technician for a utility pole auditing company. I just started a couple months ago. My goal with this program is to expand my knowledge of GIS and eventually get a job using GIS in some sort of environmental protection field. I work full time and have a 16 moLinks to an external site.nth old son named Eli. I think some adjectives they describe me are fun, happy, creative, and caring. Here's a storymap of my hometown: Story MapLinks to an external site.