Lab 9: Color Choropleth

Lab 9 presented us with color choropleth mapping. The difference between the printed version and the web version are noticeable. The colors and boundaries on the digital version appear more bold and defined than that on the paper copy. The paper itself, on the printed version, looks rough and definitely not as sleek and smooth as the web version. The color scheme and variation between interval classes appears to have remained distinctively in tact in both versions. The viewer can clearly decipher between the data classes.

choropleth... not chLoropleth

Here is weather map of precipitation approaching the Great Lakes. Each color on these types of maps represent an interval of data that has been measured.

This is an example of a proportional symbol map that I came across this week.

choropleth map

I thought this was an interesting choropleth map of the U.S. It represents the average number of males per 100 females, state by state. I thought there would be more red on this map. But really, what's up with Nevada?

dot map

This a population density map of Australia. I found it interesting to compare the population density map of Australia with the map of recorded shark attacks for this country. It makes sense that a region as notorious as Australia for Great White shark attacks has corresponding population to attacks data. The areas that are colored in red have the highest recorded shark attacks on file, followed by blue and green respectively. The photo at the top is one that I came across... thought it would provoke some sort of "holy s#*t" reaction. :)

Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia

another dandy exercise.

This is an aged map. The typography is more styled- fittingly of the time period it portrays. Maybe it is a historic artifact, pulled from a scroll. Or, maybe it's a relic used by Doctor Jones?

Harpers Ferry

A class exercise: typography

Mizzle Wizzle... Mollweide Graticule

Batman's Globe

This is what a standard map projection looks like studied by school children in Gotham City?

Mmm... Map

So... my biogeographical research interets include sharks and their behavior. My first diving experience will most likely be with my older brother and his wife. They live on the Gulf side of Florida, in Sarasota. Fittingly, this was a good map to stumble across.

Ellipsigeoid

Brief Bio

I am a junior at George Mason University, studying Geography. I became interested in this field after taking a pair of intro corses at a community college in Hampton, VA. I have come from memorizing standard political maps, to learning how to build them myself. My Inroduction to Cartography class will improve my map analyzing/ creating skills. I am researching various graduate schools to further my education. My interests lean more towards biogeography and I would love to work in the ocean, researching various migratory patterns of sharks. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, aka VIMS , studies the oceans and its ecology, and is a leading candidate of my interests. I am also intrigued by shark behavior, including shark attacks , their locations, and influences. I've also found the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA ,to be a handy resource for various research. Their database is emmense and eclectic.