Cartography Lab Module 3: Cartographic Design

Module 3

Using Gestalt’s principles, I was able to create a map of Washington, D.C. Ward 7 schools. All of the elements came into balance in my final layout. I was able to use a lot of the are in the base maps for the legend, scale, north arrow, and credits. Using visual hierarchy, I was able to place emphasis on the school symbology on the map. I learned a lot about feature class and layer editing in this lab. I think the most difficult part was trying to figure out how to label roads and other map features without impacting other parts of the map. The clip geoprocessing tool helped with some, but I found creating an annotation was easier to edit and delete unwanted elements. Overall, I feel like I have a good grasp of balancing elements on the map.