Dot Density Maps

This map took a really long time to make! Luckily for me, I had access to the U.S. census from 2000, which allowed me to see population patterns in West Virginia. Therefore, the dots presented in my map follow a similar distribution to that of the population maps from the census bureau. Without further adieu, here is my map.

Lab 4: Typography

I spent about two hours trying to get the typography just right on this map, and I feel that I did a pretty decent job. Especially with the colors. I think, and I hope that I am correct in this assumption, that the lettering colors are the same color as the border lines on the features they were labeling. Anyway, here's my map!

Molweide Graticule

I spent a moderate amount of time working on this graticule, and had difficulty making the parallels line up exactly where they need to. Here is my lovely graphic!

Good Projection

I chose the following projection as it accurately shows the shape of the United States and Canada. It is a Lambert Conformal Conic projection and was created by the CIA and is part of the CIA factbook. The original image can be found here.

Interesting Map

One of my favorite comics is XKCD, and every once in awhile the author posts a geography/map related comic. A very good example of this is his map detailing the large online communities that are such an important part of the internet. Because this map was created almost a year ago, I would be very interested in seeing how the author interprets things might have changed in that time span.



The persistent link to this comic can be found here.

Lab 2: Illustration of Sphere, Geoid, Ellipsoid, and Natural Surface

Sporcle is a website that challenges you to list certain things in a limited amount of time. The link I provided asks you to list all of the countries in Europe in 10 minutes, which is quite difficult when you realize how many small Eastern Bloc countries there are.

USGS Student Jobs is a helpful service for students looking to find jobs in the fields of geology, geography, or many of the other natural sciences within the United States Geological Survey.

XKCD is a very humorous comic whose main audience is computer engineers and mathematicians. However, everyone once in awhile, he author creates a comic pertaining to geography. Dr. Hallden showed one of XKCD's comics in class, and I feel this is another humorous one pertaining to maps, and our blind faith in following them.