This week's lab focus on Typography and reinforcing essential map elements. Our instruction focused around creating a map, which you will see below, of Marathon, Florida located in the Florida Keys.
An initial base map was created in ArcGIS which was then exported as an Adobe Illustrator (AI) file. AI was where the predominance of work was done on this map. The focus of work was to create a map of Marathon, identifying key (no pun intended) features utilizing typographic principles, and ensuring that we properly included key map features. An inset map, indicating where Marathon is in relation to southern Florida and the rest of the Keys was included as reference.
My map, again below, focused on 4 labeling standards. All cities are Arial 12pt. All keys (islands) are Arial 10pt. All water features are Arial Italic, 60% grey in color, and sized to fit the feature. I also used symbols, identified in the legend, to identify random features and to reduce word clutter on the map.
Some custom features to this map include drop shadows, path text for the title/subtitle, and a unique border.
Without further ado, here is my map. As always, comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome below.
An initial base map was created in ArcGIS which was then exported as an Adobe Illustrator (AI) file. AI was where the predominance of work was done on this map. The focus of work was to create a map of Marathon, identifying key (no pun intended) features utilizing typographic principles, and ensuring that we properly included key map features. An inset map, indicating where Marathon is in relation to southern Florida and the rest of the Keys was included as reference.
My map, again below, focused on 4 labeling standards. All cities are Arial 12pt. All keys (islands) are Arial 10pt. All water features are Arial Italic, 60% grey in color, and sized to fit the feature. I also used symbols, identified in the legend, to identify random features and to reduce word clutter on the map.
Some custom features to this map include drop shadows, path text for the title/subtitle, and a unique border.
Without further ado, here is my map. As always, comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome below.
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