The purpose of this lab is primarily to make you realize that most of the maps that you see and like, you can probably produce youself. We want you to look for maps that impress you, and then figure out what it would take to make one just like it. In the process, this will reinforce a lot of really important GIS and cartographic skills.
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Tasks
Task 1 - Get a Map to Reproduce
Find a paper or image (i.e. jpg, png, etc. not in a GIS format) of a map that you want to reproduce. The map should pass the 6 C's litmus test and have all the attributes of a 'good map'. Put this map on your web page for this lab and provide a few sentences to a paragraph justification of why you chose this map to reproduce.
Task 2 - Reproduce It
Reproduce the map to the best of your ability in ArcGIS (feel free to make subtle stylistic improvements, but the core content should be the same). By 'reproduce' you don't necessarily need to make the map look the same as the other map (your map should follow the 6 C's and look better). What you need to 'reproduce' is the data shown in the map.
Task 3 - Make it Interactive
Choose the primary core data layers and convert these to KMZ layers, which you host on your website and use to build interactive Google Map interfaces.
What to Submit
Prepare a webpage for this lab on your personal website for the course and prepare the following within that page or subpages (child pages):
- Image of map you are reproducing and text justification
- Image and PDF of your reproduced map
- An interactive Google Map of the core data displayed in this map.
Make sure your lab conforms to the general
lab submission guidelines. Submit a URL for this lab's webpage.