Wine Consumption in Europe proportional symbol map.

Population Change by Region

Since this map is an adaptation or the map below, the projection is the same. I converted the map to grayscale and used the Munsell Curve to determine the perceived blackness.

Population Change in United States

For this map I selected the Albers Equal Area Conic projection for the lower 48 states. I used NAD83 Alaska projection for Alaska and the Hawaii Albers Equal Area Conic for the Hawaiian Islands. A sequential scheme was used in this choropleth map to show the population change in the US.

Hispanic Population

Ok, I got a little better but longed for the comfort of ArcMap! I spent many hours creating this representation of the Hispanic population in central and south FL. Surely it can only get easier from here!

Florida Keys

Welcome to Marathon in the Florida Keys! It offers some of the best fishing around! I had a challenging time creating this map. I learned a lot but have much more to learn.

This is my example of a good map. I was looking for maps of the Caribbean since I really like vacationing there. I came upon this map of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine. This appears to be a map you could use to find your way around the campus. The buildings are numbered with a legend to identify them and color coding. I think this is a good map for the intended audience which I am assuming is new students and parents!

Bad Map

Although this map contains many of the items necessary for a good map - legend, north arrow, scale - I chose it as a bad map because it is very difficult to read and locate the relevant information. This map was in a report and power point presentation I had to review. I found there was too much information on the map that didn't relate to the topic. The reader had to wade through a lot of non pertinent data to get to what the author was trying to depict.