Behold the first map borne of this GIS journey. Not the prettiest map, perhaps, but a start nonetheless.
Overall, I appreciated the design of the lab material. The lab goes into some depth to explain the processes involved while forcing the student to bring the processes together and pay attention to details. At many points during the material of this introduction week, the instructors of both courses (Cartography and Intro to GIS) have emphasized that students are expected to learn much on their own through trial and error as well as extensive use of the 'help' function in ArcGIS, so the training in efficient 'help' usage was certainly useful. The map itself was not difficult to create, although I have some prior coursework in the basics of ArcGIS. Even so, the process of creating the above map was a good exercise to refresh my memory on some of the functions and options of the program.
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