In these two maps the area in and around Boulder, CO is the point of interest. The bottom map is the original and the top map is the improved. Although I did very little to the features and labeling inside the map area I drastically improved the layout. The original map was to small to see many of the features and the two intersecting line were distractions. I fixed both of these problems as well as adding a title and a legend to the map.
Generalization is needed to some degree in all maps that are created. These two maps show a section Idaho, Oregon, and Washington rivers that have been generalized digitally. The bottom map is the original map for class. The top map is the improved map. I have moved the inset map to give the layout a better feeling of balance as well as labeling it as rivers of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. I fixed the scale bar by reprojecting the map and attached the scale bar to the appropriate image to avoid confusion. The north arrow was also made smaller in an attempt to make it less distracting. In addition, now that I have the maps posted, I should also frame the map to add some reference to the page in general.
The Nez Perce Tribe is located in North-Central Idaho but their native range varied at different times in history. These two maps show the land reduction, over progressive years, in possession of the tribe. The bottom map is the original. For the edited map I fixed the scale bar, added a data source, changed and relocated the north arrow. The legend was also cleaned up to only include needed information and names that were concise.
These two maps are of Buffalo, NY and show the percent of children age 5-7 per total population in the census tracts. The bottom map is the original and some problems included a background that I felt was to distracting, a north arrow that was to large making to high in the hierarchy, and a legend with to much information. I also reprojected this map in order to correct the scale bar.
