Mexico Elevation Map

This is an elevation map of Mexico using what I view as a color ramp for an arid climate.  I recently learned to select a background color for the entire data frame which proved helpful in surrounding Mexico with water.  I finally ended up with an even number on my map scale.

Central Mexico

The purpose of this map was to show the urban areas of Mexico with population greater than one million.  I had troubles fitting everything on the map using the required scale of 1:5000000.  I don't like the way my map title looks with this post.  I got more comfortable with annotation during this exercise.

Mexico Population Map

This map shows the population of Mexico by state.  I learned several tricks for manipulating the legend in this exercise.  I chose several of the default symbol styles for this map, e.g. Ocean, Cartographer, Country.

Countries by Popluation

This map displays the population of the world in 2007.  I chose an odd color ramp that puts emphasis on two categories:  the least and the most populated countries.

Possible Locations for a Youth Center

Module 1, Deliverable 2.  Possible locations to create a youth center based on available buildings, zoning and proximity to target age groups.  I'm not sure why I've never used a map template before today but I certainly will in the future.  I also learned how to select from selected features.  I've alway created a new layer from the selected features and then did my second query.

San Diego Zoo

Module 1, Deliverable 1.  A map showing the San Diego Zoo.  I wasn't sure what scale to use so I just made the label readable.  Not much value as a map since there are no road names or points of reference.  If I were to create this again, I would change the locater map to the City of San Diego and make sure the roads were labeled.

Ready to go

Looking forward to my new adventures in learning.