Own Your Map

 

This is my first product and I used the lab guide to complete it. I did some of my own editing when I realized that this is my product. I kept it portrait and I tried to ensure there weren't any major open/unused spaces....there is only so much that I could do with the Gulf.  A map should be legible to to everyone. However, an insistence may require a map to be produced to a specific audience that will understand technical terms and data.

Process Summary for “Own Your Map”

Topics Covered:  Map Creation and Design Skills

Deliverables:  1 Map and Process Summary

·         Florida Cities

1.      Open file: H:\Working Projects\OwnYourMap\OwnYourMap.mxd

2.      Save as: H:\Working Projects\OwnYourMap\OwnYourMap_ndp.mxd

3.      Layers Selected: cities_feb04 and cntbnd

4.      Add Neatline: Gap 10, Border 1.0, Background Blue

5.      Size and Position: 7.5x10, Align to Center and Align to Vertical Center

6.      Add Title: Florida Cities, Size, Position, Font

7.      Add Legend: Position, Size, Change File Names, Add Border 1.0, Gap 5  for x/y

8.      Add North  Arrow (Size, Position, Style)

9.      Add Scale: Size, Position, Font, Set Division Units Miles, Set Division Value 50

10.  Add Name and Date: Nick Peloquin 09 Jan 11, Size, Position, Font

11.  Add Data Source: FGDL 2004, 2008, Size, Position, Font

12.  Export Map Document:  H:\Finished Products\Ownyourmap\OwnYourMap_ndp.jpg

·         Lab Questions/Answers

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