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Mapping ACS Data

Mapping ACS Data. Jeff Strickland Assistant Professor of History Montclair State University. Outline. Introduction to ArcGIS Map Design Election 2008 Map Making Exercise Training. Introduction to ArcGIS. ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 (academic pricing approx $250 for base version) ArcMap

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Mapping ACS Data

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  1. Mapping ACS Data Jeff Strickland Assistant Professor of History Montclair State University

  2. Outline • Introduction to ArcGIS • Map Design • Election 2008 • Map Making Exercise • Training

  3. Introduction to ArcGIS • ESRI • ArcGIS 9.3 (academic pricing approx $250 for base version) • ArcMap • Layers

  4. Map Design • Thematic (choropleth) maps: represent one or two variables (population, ethnicity, income, language, religion, etc.) in map form • The “language” of thematic maps is quite varied, and involves the use of color, shape, pattern, light and dark, etc. • Thematic maps serve two main purposes: • Analysis of data • Presentation of data • Use some existing system of boundaries (countries, states, counties, voting districts, etc.) • Group data into 2 or more levels or classes using slicing values • Show spatial variation of one or two variables at a time by using color, shades of grey and/or patterns • Useful Examples • Social Explorer • Color Brewer

  5. US Election of 2008 • US Results • Economist • United States of Canada

  6. Map Making Exercise • Create a new folder on your flash drive • Save all shapefiles and associated database files in that folder • Save your maps there • You will point ArcGIS to that same folder • Never begin a filename with a number • Tutorial • Join data to shapefile • Shapefile from Census/Tiger Download Site • Database file from ACS download Site

  7. Training • ESRI Training • Penn State & US Santa Barbara Workshops

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