Building a map for presentation from scratch Peter Fox GIS for Science ERTH 4750 (98271) Week 11, Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Contents Scoping the map Base layer Data layers Headers Annotations/ legends Layout Window Web to the rescue or not?
#1 http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/ocean.zip http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/lmes_64.zip http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/lmes_64_offshore.zip http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/opdlm0p020.zip http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/gl_anthrome_ESRIgrid.zip
BEWARE resolution, color, layout…
http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/2010EPI_data.xls Map, (maybe) geocode, legend Layout http://escience.rpi.edu/gis/data/gl_cropland_grid.zip
#2 New map World http://escience/rpi.edu/gis/data/GPW3_GRUMP_SummaryInformation_2010.xls Or http://escience/rpi.edu/gis/data/GPW3_GRUMP_SummaryInformation_Oct05prod.xls Now use a web service (WMS) – Add World Grid (try other ones too) – note tablename
#3 Tile Server Maps -> Bing Aerial, or Hybrid Then add World – adjust layer properties… What would you add from here?
Reading for this week MapInfo (10.8) User Guide Chapter 11 Stylizing your map for presentations and publishing Chapter 15 Working with Web Services Also reminder: Chapter 13 Getting your data on the map – and Geocoding versus Create Points (p336)
Next classes Friday, April 13, Lab: statistics No class April 17 (Grand Marshall week) Friday, April 20, Lab: Tuesday, April 24 – guest lecture, Linda von der Heide (Principal Planner, Rensselaer County Economic Development& Planning) Friday, April 27 – lab assignment Tuesday, May 1 – short presentations*