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Map Critique

 This week in Computer Cartography, we learned about the 20 golden rules, "Tufteisms", of map-making. Using these criteria I chose and analyzed two different maps, one good map and one bad map, and explained why they were good or bad. Below you can see the two maps that I analyzed.  Map A, although very informative, was too busy and hard to read. The map below accurately depicted the data but the color scheme was too bright and would have benefited from light colors that would hurt the eyes less and allow one to read the streets more easily. Additionally, this map did not have any titles or scales; I had to research where/what this map was describing. This map does not follow rule #1 " Graphical excellence is the well-designed presentation of interesting data," or rule #7 " Clear, detailed, and thorough labeling should be used to defeat graphical distortion and  ambiguity." Map A: Bus routes for a city in England.  Map B did a great job of depicting their

About Me - Orientation Story Map

 My name is Eden Santiago Gomez and I am currently a graduate student at UWF, working towards the Master of GIS Administration.  I currently work full-time for a consulting company as an assistant and am also a full-time student. My ultimate goal is to help develop GIS applications in regard to anti-human and sex trafficking initiatives. Through this current Computer Cartography course, I hope to learn modern applications of ArcGIS.   Day to day, I love the outdoors! I try to get out as much as I can and go camping, hiking, and snorkeling.  Below, I created a Story Map of the different Florida waterways I have explored. I initially used the original Story Maps system, but ended up going over to the new ArcGIS Story Map program due to it's customizability.  New https://arcg.is/vvr8a Old https://arcg.is/f8XKq Best regards,  Eden