[Basic] Assignment 04: Cartography
LAR 5304G Digital Landscape Representation I: Drawing, Cartography, and Notation
Assignment 04: Cartography
Description
Beginning with the large-scale orthographic base map produced in Assignment 01, construct a map showing topographic, hydrological, urban, infrastructural, and ecological conditions within the full extent of the area affected by the study restoration project. Students will learn basic operations in ArcGIS and continue to explore Illustrator and Photoshop.
Workflow
+ Display base layers at scale within ArcGIS.
Useful sites for downloading GIS shapefiles for Louisiana include:
+ Louisiana Economic Development Data Download
+ Louisiana Geospatial Metadata Catalog
+ LOSCO Data Catalog
+ Export raster and vector layers from ArcGIS to Illustrator and Photoshop.
+ Clip and edit raster layers in Photoshop as appropriate.
+ Combine raster and vector layers in Illustrator.
+ Finish drawing with appropriate annotations in Illustrator.
Deliverables
1 Regional Map: an orthographic plan showing the full extent of the area affected by the study restoration project. The map should:
+ effectively communicate the topography of the depicted area
+ show the bounds of the effects of the study restoration project
+ show the position and extents of, identify proposed elements of the study restoration project
+ show the context of the study restoration project by depicting at least (2) of the following (6) conditions:
+ hydrology
+ human land use patterns
+ transportation infrastructures
+ ecologies
+ soils
+ geology
+ make effective use of the formal elements of cartographic representation:
+ line
+ value
+ hue
+ pattern
+ symbol
+ text
+ include:
+ attributions, including citations for data, projection method
+ graphic scale, north arrow
+ legend
Sources
Throughout every assignment for this course, you are expected to demonstrate good sourcing practices, for all visual, written, and intermediate products. This means both tracking your sources as you research and properly sourcing on all presented products. Sources should be clearly attributed directly on drawings.