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This lab will introduce you to the concepts of taking GIS data and creating a
print-quality map from it. This map should contain the following:
a The contiguous United States (48 states without Alaska and Hawaii) population per square mile, set up in an appropriate color scheme
a The data in a different projection than the default GCS one
a An appropriate legend (make sure your legend items have normal names
and that the legend is not called “legend”)
a An appropriate title (make sure that your map title doesn’t include the
word “map” in it)
a A north arrow
a A scale bar
a Text information: your name, the date, and the source of the data
a Appropriate borders, colors, and design layout (your map should be well
designed instead of map elements thrown on at random)
Important note: At the end of this lab, there is a checklist of items to aid
you in making sure the map you make is complete and of the best quality
possible.
Similar to the geospatial lab applications in Chapters 5 and 6, two versions of this lab are provided. The first version (7.1 Geospatial Lab Application:
GIS Layouts: AEJEE Version) uses the free ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educators (AEJEE). The second version (7.2 Geospatial Lab Application: GIS Layouts:
ArcGIS Version) provides the same activities for use with ArcGIS 10.
Objectives
The goals for you to take away from this lab are:
a Familiarize yourself with the layout functions of AEJEE.
a Arrange and print professional-quality maps from geographic data using
the various layout elements.
Obtaining Software
The current version of AEJEE (2.3.2) is available for free download at http://
edcommunity.esri.com/software/aejee.
Important note: Software and online resources sometimes change
fast. This lab was designed with the most recently available version of the
7.1 Geospatial Lab Application
GIS Layouts: AEJEE Version
This lab will introduce you to the concepts of taking GIS data and creating a
print-quality map from it. This map should contain the following:
a The contiguous United States (48 states without Alaska and Hawaii) population per square mile, set up in an appropriate color scheme
a The data in a different projection than the default GCS one
a An appropriate legend (make sure your legend items have normal names
and that the legend is not called “legend”)
a An appropriate title (make sure that your map title doesn’t include the
word “map” in it)
a A north arrow
a A scale bar
a Text information: your name, the date, and the source of the data
a Appropriate borders, colors, and design layout (your map should be well
designed instead of map elements thrown on at random)
Important note: At the end of this lab, there is a checklist of items to aid
you in making sure the map you make is complete and of the best quality
possible.
Similar to the geospatial lab applications in Chapters 5 and 6, two versions of this lab are provided. The first version (7.1 Geospatial Lab Application:
GIS Layouts: AEJEE Version) uses the free ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educators (AEJEE). The second version (7.2 Geospatial Lab Application: GIS Layouts:
ArcGIS Version) provides the same activities for use with ArcGIS 10.
Objectives
The goals for you to take away from this lab are:
a Familiarize yourself with the layout functions of AEJEE.
a Arrange and print professional-quality maps from geographic data using
the various layout elements.
Obtaining Software
The current version of AEJEE (2.3.2) is available for free download at http://
edcommunity.esri.com/software/aejee.
Important note: Software and online resources sometimes change
fast. This lab was designed with the most recently available version of the
7.1 Geospatial Lab Application
GIS Layouts: AEJEE Version