Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Assignment 2 - US Counties Population Density 2010


This map shows the number of people per square mile at the county level for all 50 states.  The lighter color represents a lesser density and the darker shade represents the highest density.  Gray represents surounding countries.  The North American Equidistant Conic projection was used for this map.  Also a coastal vignette was used with a light cyan background to show the srounding bodies of water.  The data used was provided by ESRI and uses information from the 2010 US Census.

Assignment 2 - US Map


This is a map of the United States of America.  This was created with the North America Equidistant Conic projection.  The colors are grayscale with the states being a darker gray than the surrounding countries which are a lighter gray.  A graticule was added to show where Alaska and Hawaii are located in relation to the 48 contigous states.

Assignment 2 - New Mexico

This is a map showing the state of New Mexico with its capital Santa Fe identified with a star.  The colors are done in grayscale with New Mexico being a darker gray and the surrounding states a lighter gray.  The white area below New Mexico is Mexico.