Argentina Population Density

For my first map, I used a typical color distribution to show population density. This looks nice and displays the differences, but only the two extremes really stand out.

For this map, I chose a different approach for differentiation. I like how the distributions are distributed in such a way as to immediately tell the population size for each region, Buenas Aires having obviously the much greater numbers. The region lines did not show up as well as I thought.

For this map, I wanted to show the population with a little different impact. I also made and inserted a graph. The original showed all the regions and looked very nice. However, when I finished and inserted it, only a few of the regions showed, and I could not change the appearance of the graph itself, such as size and placement of font, etc. I can see why extra items are better off made in another program and inserted.

Discrete" finite or fixed number of values)grades_'
continuous:" infinite number of values )te,perature_
nominal: categorical data (eye color; six, ethnicity)
ordinal: ordered categorical data, differences between values are not important (restaurant ratings; opinion polls)
interval data: ordered continuous data with a constant scale, but no natural zero (temperature)
differences can be calculated, but rtios are problematic.
ratio data: ordered continuous data with a constant scale and natural zero (geight, weight, age, length).

how they are measured matters in how they are mapped.

2008 Election Maps

Here are my two election maps. I was amazed that I could make the first one like the original, with only one other ArcGIS assignment. It did take me three tries and many days. For the improved map, I wanted to add something, but remembered the rule of "one map, one purpose", so I did not. Nor did I change the map to become another map, but instead decided to improve the original map by adding black borders and darkening and enlarging the font to make it more legible. I removed the extraneous "Lead" information as it was distracting and confusing, and I removed the "undecided" information for the same reason. I believe the map is easier to read and understand now. I added a title so people would know what the map was about when it is looked at in the future. I enlarged and centered the states to take up the extra room left from the removal of the interactive things. It is centered and better looking.

First Assignment Due 1/14/09

These maps show the distribution of Pacific Islander (Including Hawaiian) people alone and in combination with one or more races, people of Asian descent alone or in combination with one or more races, and populations of American Indian people alone or in combination with one or more races. These maps show populations greater than zero, ranked by percent of the specific population to the whole population of the county. It is interesting to note that there is a representative of all three nationalities in almost all counties in the United States. There appears to be at least one person of American Indian descent in every county in the continental United States. There are only a score or so counties that have no people of Asian descent. There are about 100 or so counties, mostly in the middle states, above, to the west of, and including Texas, that have no persons of Pacific Islander descent at all. On the West Coast, one large county in Washington seems to stand out as an anomaly of no Pacific Islander decendants at all among the generally higher percentage of these immigrants to the West Coast.

The trends for Pacific Islander and Asian immigrants seem to be to settle in the West Coast states generally, with many satellite groups within all states of the contiguous 48. There are some larger populations of Asian peoples in the business areas of the north east U.S. As a counter point, even though there seems to be a person with some type of American Indian descent in all 50 states, and all counties, the populations are really centralized to what would seem to be reservations or areas of specific population groups. It seems that there is not as much intermingling of American Indian people into the general population as there is for the other nationalities.

They are so lovely. I did them all myself.

First Project