Monday, February 22, 2010

Module 6 - Cloropleth Maps

In this lab, the requirement was to producing two population change maps of the United States of America using census data. The maps illustrate the percentage change in population of each state for the period of April 1, 1990 to April 1st, 2000.

We had to decide what data values to use for the choropleth maps as well  as the artistic properties needed in order to convey the appropriate information.
Included below are the map requirements:



1)  Two choropleth maps
2)  Notice that Alaska and Hawaii are included though the scales were changed.
3)  ArcMap was to produce the maps showing changes in population at the state level,
4)  Adobe Illustrator CS4 was to adjust the state map to create the regional map using calculations done in Excel.
5)  Both maps were touched up in Illustrator.

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