This week we are to find a campus map with a good graphic design.  While this map is only in a grayscale, I still found it well done.

 

 

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

 

Weekly Blog Map #3

This week we have been studying Typography in Introduction to Cartography.  Our blog assignment for this week is to find a map with interesting typography, and I found this map of Chicago (or at least part of Chicago):  http://makingmaps.net/2011/01/31/word-maps-words-on-maps-map-typography/

I chose this map because of how neat it looks.  They used typography to show the roads, rivers, etc instead of lines and shapes.  It's a bit busy, but it really is a neat looking map.  I wouldn't use it to get around Chicago, but it would be a nice piece to hang on the wall.

Lab 2: Mollweide Graticule

Weekly Blog Post #2

Gnomonic Cubic Maps:  http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjPoly/projPoly2.html

I chose this map for the interesting map projection because, frankly, I have never seen this kind of projection before.  The distortion is interesting, as you can see with Africa.  I'm not really sure what purpose this type of projection would be for, since it's so different.

Lab #1: Various Representations of the Earth

For our first official lab, we created four different representations of the Earth in 2D.  This was to get us better acquainted with the program we will be using in the class, Adobe Illustrator.  It was required to be done in Gray scale because our Professor says if we can create a high quality illustration or map in black and white, color will be no problem.  Enjoy!