Sunday, February 28, 2010

Week 6 UWF Campus


This assignment was a lot more easier to put together. I think the readings fro ESRI really helped me learn the materials and use them while working on this map. In the uwf_n file my RMS error was 17.56 and I used the 1st Order Polynomial. In the uwf_s1 file my RMS error was 14.59 and I used the 2nd Order Polynomial. One problem I did have with the map was trying to select appropriate colors. After SEVERAL attempts I decided on the following, which in my opinion was not the best look, but that is definetely something I need to work on.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Week 5 Map 2



Well this map was a little easier than the first as I already had all of the information. The only task I really had was trying to display all of the map elements appropriately. In this map I emphasized the land cover and hydrography-polygon.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Week 5 Map 1



Wow! This was truly an eventful lab. I had so much difficulty trying to locate the layers that I gave up. Well that is until Amber gave me some really good advice. I learned a lot this lab, but most importantly I learned to ask questions! Although my lab is late I am still going to complete the assignment as it will be an advantage for my future labs and certification.

In this map I focused on the all the required data, but mainly Invasive plants and Public Land. I messed around with the layers for quite some time, but I didn't feel that the map depicted all the layers adequately without removing and adjusting some of the layers.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Map of Haiti



I located this map at http://www2.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MNIN-7ZNMTT?OpenDocument. It provides a good description of the populations affected by the disaster, they're locations and point of impact. It allows others to visually see the populations affected by city and location.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Map Projections of Florida



This is a map of projections for the state of Florida. This was a bit difficult as I was trying to figure out how to incorporate some of the things I've learned in the previous weeks in order to get my maps correct. I'm still kind of confused though on the the purpose of the three and what information I can use from these maps.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Week 3 Map 3



I really liked completing this assignment since it really didn't take much thought process. But, I like how this map shows Mexico's elevation very vividly.

Week 3 Map 2



This is a good image of Mexico's borders and major characteristics of the country. This map really gave me some difficulties because I wanted Mexico to be yellow, but then none of the other characteristics would be visible, i.e. rivers, railroads, etc. So I ended up going with a blank background and wala it worked. Hopefully I can find the reason behind so in the future I'm able to actually put a color on the map.

Week 3 Map 1



This map was a little difficult at the begining, but I think it's a good representation of Mexico's borders and of their population in general.