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Final White Deer Township Zoning Maps

Figure 1: Final zoning map showing White Deer Township Zoning Map.

Source:  Brenton White ArcMap Project 5/6 screen capture.

Figure 1 shows the final White Deer Township Zoning Map.

Figure 2: Final zoning map showing close up of village area.

Source:  Brenton White ArcMap Project 5/6 screen capture.

Figure 2 shows one of the "series" of maps published for the White Deer Township.  This particular map shows a close up of the village area (of utmost importance to the greedy developers!) and includes a locater map to show the extent of the map relative to the township, local municipalities and nearby county lines.

Creating this map required:

• Creating a choropleth map with a custom color scheme

• Symbolizing hydrography (rivers and lakes)

• Separating and symbolizing the roads

• Labeling features using a batch labeler

• Labeling features interactively

• Creating a layout using an existing template

• Adding a scale bar and north arrow

• Customize the map legend

• Add appropriate text and graphics

• Project municipalities and counties layers to match township data (optional)

• Add a locater map (optional)—see Figure 2

Close Up of Locater Map and Map Information

Map Detail:  Locater Map

Figure 3: Close up of locater map and map information.

Source:  Brenton White ArcMap Project 5/6 screen capture.

Figure 3 shows the locater map, which required adding municipality and county data with projections defined differently than White Deer Township data.  By determining the projection of the municipality and county data (North American Albers Equal Area Conic), we were able to define the projection to fit our map (the projection information to the right of the locater map).  A graphic was added to identify the company that produced the map.

Map Detail:  Legend

Figure 4: Close up of legend.

Source:  Brenton White ArcMap Project 5/6 screen capture.

Figure 4 shows the legend for the zoning map.  It was made by splitting the zoning into two columns, starting the roads in a new column and then starting the 100 year flood in another new column.  The legend was then scaled to fit in the allotted space.  While roads where included in the zoning data, a new layer was made that excluded the roads so that we would have a legend with only the zones we wanted.  Also, for the sake of clarity, the various minor roads where grouped in to one category, "Other roads."  Color coding the various roads and identifying them did not make sense for the purpose of this map.

GEOG 5222: Project 5: Designing a Thematic Map Presentation. May 2004.

GEOG 5222: Project 6: Creating a Layout for a Final Map Presentation. May 2004

Lesson 6 file.  http://www.e-education.psu.edu/courses/geog5222/zips/exp56files.zip.  Accessed 23 May 2004.