Week 9 - Flow Maps

This weeks lab was the creation of a flow map using immigration information provided by the office of Homeland Security. Basic layout was done in ArcGIS then exported to Illustrator where I did 99% of the map. Used the square methos for determining arrow width. I used a more generalize point of orin that individual countries, with the execption of Mexico and Canada, which I believed were self explanatory ...

Week Eight - Dot Distribution Maps

This lab assignment to me an extraordinary amount of time to complete ... I was somewhat satisfied with the end result although I could have spent a little more time on the final presentation ... I am definitely going to spend some more time in the future experimenting with techniques to speed the process ...

Week Seven - Proportionate Symbol Mapping Laboratory

This was a difficult map for me ... seemed to require too much "manual labor" ... in the end, I felt it started to come together ... could have easily spent three more hours on it ... using a shapefile from a previous assignment for the rest of world helped me get the look I was after ...