GIS Cartography WK3

    As we map our way to finishing another lab, the road and rivers of GIS leads us closer to our destinaiton. In this weeks lab we were able to create, and alter  symbology of maps. We were able to view ArcCatalog, and learn how to view ArcCatalog in ArcGIS.
We also got to mess around with the different gratical color contrast, vector data files, and learned how to change dynamic text.
   In my first map it just shows the cities of Mexico and their populations, the colors signify the population of each city. The lighter the color the less people to inhibit that area.

In the second map we were able to select which urban areas of Mexico that have a population of a million people or more. Within this map we are able to show major and primary rivers, roads, and rails that circulate through Mexico. We also placed an inset map of Mexico highlighting the area focus on the main map. I chose to use the lighter colors for the roads, rivers, and rails because when I chose the darker colors the map appeared to be to cluttered, The fonts and the urban area were not able to stand out when the darker colors were used to generate the map

In the 3rd map we indicated the diferent elevations of Mexico. I chose to use this color combination because to me, the lower the elevation the warmer the temperature and red signifies hot. The blue areas are the elevations that are higher,and the higher the elevation the colder the temperature, and blue usually indicates cold. The inset map has a map of the globe but it indicates that the area of focus is Mexico.