Final Project

For my final project I was thinking of working off the map I just created for GIS Day at GMU. It's a color map addressing site suitability for a new homeless shelter in Seattle, WA. I chose this topic because I saw an alarming rate of unsheltered homeless people in that area. Right now the map would be raster data, where I assigned a value to each cell according to it's suitability. I got a lot of my data from a Seattle GIS site provided by the local government. Also, the Census bureau. I feel like my biggest challenge will be my use of color because that seems to me to be my biggest struggle.  Also, not trying to display too much information on one map. Hopefully I can over come that by using the color sites provided in class and making sure I focus on just my point of interest.

This is an example of what I would like to achieve. (Largest map)

Lab 7: Dot Density

Concentration of Smerg in VA

Isoline Map example

I like how this map displays alot of classes and the map is suprisingly easy to read. Visually I feel like the colors work together and I can still understand the data.

Source: http://mapcataloggis3015.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

Lab 7: Proportional Symbol Map: Hospitals in Maryland

Lab 6

When I look at the map I printed and compare the colors to the version online, I do notice a slight difference in color. The online version shows more vivid and deep colors. The printed version seems a little washed out in color. The colors are more dull, it especially shows in my 0% color and background.

Distribution of Apple Store's Across the United States- Chloropleth