Lab Blog 8:

General Overview

Exporting the maps was not an issue in the least bit. It is important to crop the maps as closely as possible in the paint program

so unwanted lines do not show up in the places you will be putting them.

Lab 9 Blog:

General Overview:

Any of the three websites for making GIFS from the overview of the lab will work, it is important to download the pages and save the GIFS from the internet. That was the only real issue I faced.

REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN USING FILEZILLA:
Make sure when posting anything on the filezilla server that it is being posted to the public HTML page and not your personal page. This can be found on the top left section of filezilla after clicking on your personal page name (ex. pahuron).

 

I did percent change and not the total for each year. This is the corrected map.

1. 
   1. General Issues
      1. Coming up with a map classification scheme.
      2. Through Trial and error, I slowly came up with a scheme. I created mine manually but there are features that will create them automatically.
      3. Making the dots show up on the dot density map.
         1. Can be fixed by selecting which option you are attempting to illustrate from the drop down menu.
      4. Results:
         1. I selected a dark blue color scheme for the background of the dot density map because it is a color usually indicated with the state.
         2. I then selected a light blue color scheme so that the dots can be seen from a distance.
         3. For the Proportional symbol map, I used a lighter blue background with different shades of gray circles for aesthetic purposes.
         4. For the graduated color map, I chose a variety of red, orange, yellow and green to indicate the different percentages of change. These colors are eye-catching and easily understandable for the message I am trying to convey. I chose the green color for least percentage change because most of my population has little change and most of the state is covered in forest.

Map Classification (by percentage)

min value – 0

0 – 25

25 – 50

50 – 100

100 – max value

There were instances where the maximum value was less than 150, so I just made the last value 150.

Issues with Lab 5:

Transferring dbf file into ARC GIS. Important to remember to stick little apostrophes in front of the FIPS code numbers in excel before transferring it over to open office.

• Other General Issues:
  • using the field calculator when creating new columns in the table on ARC GIS.
    • Important to precisely copy and paste the numbers onto the calculator.
• General Discussion:
  • Huge emphasis on precision in this lab.
• Notes
  • Nothing of note.

Definitions:

• .DBF / Dbase file: a file format typically used by database software. DBF stands for DataBase File.
• Select by Attributes: allows you to provide a SQL query expression that is used to select features that match the selection criteria.
• Query: a request for data or information from a database table or combination of tables.
• Fields (in a Table): a collection of related data held in a structured format within a database. It consists of columns, and rows.
• Records (in a Table): a database entry that may contain one or more values.
• Attributes: a piece of information that determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.
• Relational Database: a database structured to recognize relations among stored items of information.
• Join function: The join() method is a string method and returns a string in which the elements of sequence have been joined by str separator.
• Monitor Fire: the state of combustion in which inflammable material burns, producing heat, flames, and often smoke  
• Calculate / Field Calculator: a tremen- dously useful but sometimes overlooked tool. It can eliminate the tedious process of manu- ally entering values in a table or create new data from existing data in a table.

   

Notes from this lab:

Adding layers to a map can be accomplished by clicking on the black cross and golden square at the top of the page.

• Map Document (.mxd files)
  • specifies the set of map layers contained in a map along with the map layout elements and their display properties used to present GIS datasets
• Table of Contents
  • a list, usually found on a page before the start of a written work, of its chapter or section titles or brief descriptions with their commencing page numbers.
• Data Frame
  • generally refers to “tabular” data: a data structure representing cases (rows), each of which consists of a number of observations or measurements.
• Map Layer
  • a GIS database containing groups of point, line, or area (polygon) features representing a particular class or type of real-world entities such as customers, streets, or postal codes.
• Attribute Table
  • corresponds to a certain zone of cells having the same value. In a GIS, attribute tables are often joined or related to spatial data layers, and the attribute values they contain can be used to find, query, and symbolize features or raster cells.

Two interesting things I learned about ARC GIS:

To view maps within maps:

Click on the world icon at the top of the page (full extent)

To make a scatterplot:

View>Graphs>Scatterplot matrix

Two cool Maps I found on the website:

http://webapps-cdn-dev.esri.com/CDN/page-templates/products/map-cookbook/night-sky.html

http://lahub.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=7279dc87ea9e416d9f90bf844505a54a

 

Initial Thoughts of ARCGIS:

The software is really cool, quite confusing but I’m excited to learn more. Examining the maps that have been made with the software make me excited to learn more!

 

 

 

 

 

• General Issues
  • manually inputted 2010 and 2017 list onto spreadsheet in lab 1
• Discussion
  • No issues with this lab. Although tedious, I have been familiar with excel for years so formatting WV county data was relatively simple. I’m especially happy that we already had the data readily available from previous work as this sped up the process.
• Notes
  • Removing decimal from numbers
    • Simply select the numbers you are looking to remove or add decimals from, select the numbers heading at the top of the doc, and add/remove based on the window options.

 

 

• General Issues
  1. Linking all of my websites correctly
     1. Important to correctly name files as specified
  2. Creating a lablog on this website
     1. Linking student google accounts will give you free access to the software
  3. Creating the map mashup with all the google locations
  4. Uploading KMZ files to a place google earth could access it.
• Page Layout
  1. Home Page
  2. index page
  3. animation page
  4. map mashup
  5. To OWU main website
  6. To Krygier home page, useful for going back to schedule and syllabus
• 1. Results
     1. Clear and concise representation of a website created for a map of the state of West Virginia.
     2. Easy to maneuver jump from different areas.
     3. Simple and clean to catch the eye.
  2. Discussion
     1. I found that it was very important to organize the webpages before jumping on blue griffon and messing with the content of what is on the websites. Playing with the codes in pure HTML format, although intimidating at first, became much easier in the long run.
     2. I also found that working through blue griffon after setting up the rest of the websites was extremely helpful as it made manually throwing the bonus content onto the web pages much less confusing.
     3. Successfully uploading the map mashup has easily been the most frustrating part of the lab (continued).
        1. Original mistake: saving the KMZ file into the wrong file type.
        2. Failing to upload the KMZ file into the public domain from filezilla so that google can access it.
        3. I also forgot to change the web page on the HTML website from the original Krygier information to my personal website link.

 

1. General Issues
   1. Linking all of my websites correctly
      1. Important to correctly name files as specified
   2. Creating a lablog on this website
      1. Linking student google accounts will give you free access to the software
   3. Creating the map mashup with all the google locations
2. Page Layout
   1. Home Page
      
   2. index page
      
   3. animation page
   4. map mashup
      
   5. To OWU main website
   6. To Krygier home page, useful for going back to schedule and syllabus
3. 1. Results
      1. Clear and concise representation of a website created for a map of the state of West Virginia.
         
      2. Easy to maneuver jump from different areas.
      3. Simple and clean to catch the eye.
   2. Discussion
      1. I found that it was very important to organize the webpages before jumping on blue griffon and messing with the content of what is on the websites. Playing with the codes in pure HTML format, although intimidating at first, became much easier in the long run.
      2. I also found that working through blue griffon after setting up the rest of the websites was extremely helpful as it made manually throwing the bonus content onto the web pages much less confusing.
         
      3. Successfully uploading the map mashup has easily been the most frustrating part of the lab (continued).
         

 

LAB LOG

 

September 3rd:

Overall Purpose of Map:

To show general population changes in the state of West Virginia over the last century.

 

Intended Audience:

Readers of a small, local newspaper> Likely to be an older demographic.

 

What I want the viewers to learn as a result of the map:

The drastic rise and fall of the state’s population over the past century with the boom and bust of the coal industry.

 

The final medium of the map:

Some kind of combination of a political and resource map.

 

West Virginia Population 1900-2010:

https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/wv190090.txt

https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk

1900: 958,800

1910: 1,221,119

1920: 1,463,701

1930: 1,729,205

1940: 1,901,974

1950: 2,005,552

1960: 1,860,421

1970: 1,744,237

1980: 1,949,644

1990: 1,793,477

2000: 1,808,344

2010: 1,852,994

 

Supplementary state estimates:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/206386/resident-population-in-west-virginia/

2011: 1,850,000

2012: 1,860,000

2013: 1,850,000

2014: 1,850,000

2015: 1,840,000

2016: 1,830,000

2017: 1,820,000

 

The US census website had easily accessible information for the up-to-date years that I needed. However, the years past 2010 were extremely hard to find. It is very possible that these numbers are accurate but they are not as specific as I would like to be. This could be a problem but I could also round these numbers to match the numbers I had difficulty finding on the web

 

FIPS      1990      1980      1970      1960

00000 248709873 226545805 203211926 179323175 United States

 

54000   1793477   1949644   1744237   1860421 West Virginia

54001     15699     16639     14030     15474 Barbour County

54003     59253     46775     36356     33791 Berkeley County

54005     25870     30447     25118     28764 Boone County

54007     12998     13894     12666     15152 Braxton County

54009     26992     31117     29685     28940 Brooke County

54011     96827    106835    106918    108202 Cabell County

54013      7885      8250      7046      7948 Calhoun County

54015      9983     11265      9330     11942 Clay County

54017      6994      7433      6389      6970 Doddridge County

54019     47952     57863     49332     61731 Fayette County

54021      7669      8334      7782      8050 Gilmer County

54023     10428     10210      8607      8304 Grant County

54025     34693     37665     32090     34446 Greenbrier County

54027     16498     14867     11710     11705 Hampshire County

54029     35233     40418     39749     39615 Hancock County

54031     10977     10030      8855      9308 Hardy County

54033     69371     77710     73028     77856 Harrison County

54035     25938     25794     20903     18541 Jackson County

54037     35926     30302     21280     18665 Jefferson County

54039    207619    231414    229515    252925 Kanawha County

54041     17223     18813     17847     19711 Lewis County

54043     21382     23675     18912     20267 Lincoln County

54045     43032     50679     46269     61570 Logan County

54047     35233     49899     50666     71359 McDowell County

54049     57249     65789     61356     63717 Marion County

54051     37356     41608     37598     38041 Marshall County

54053     25178     27045     24306     24459 Mason County

54055     64980     73942     63206     68206 Mercer County

54057     26697     27234     23109     22354 Mineral County

54059     33739     37336     32780     39742 Mingo County

54061     75509     75024     63714     55617 Monongalia County

54063     12406     12873     11272     11584 Monroe County

54065     12128     10711      8547      8376 Morgan County

54067     26775     28126     22552     25414 Nicholas County

54069     50871     61389     64197     68437 Ohio County

54071      8054      7910      7031      8093 Pendleton County

54073      7546      8236      7274      7124 Pleasants County

54075      9008      9919      8870     10136 Pocahontas County

54077     29037     30460     25455     27233 Preston County

54079     42835     38181     27625     23561 Putnam County

54081     76819     86821     70080     77826 Raleigh County

54083     27803     28734     24596     26349 Randolph County

54085     10233     11442     10145     10877 Ritchie County

54087     15120     15952     14111     15720 Roane County

54089     14204     15875     13213     15640 Summers County

54091     15144     16584     13878     15010 Taylor County

54093      7728      8675      7447      7750 Tucker County

54095      9796     11320      9929     10026 Tyler County

54097     22867     23427     19092     18292 Upshur County

54099     41636     46021     37581     38977 Wayne County

54101     10729     12245      9809     13719 Webster County

54103     19258     21874     20314     19347 Wetzel County

54105      5192      4922      4154      4391 Wirt County

54107     86915     93648     86818     78331 Wood County

54109     28990     35993     30095     34836 Wyoming County

 

FIPS      1950      1940      1930      1920

00000 151325798 132164569 123202624 106021537 United States

 

54000   2005552   1901974   1729205   1463701 West Virginia

54001     19745     19869     18628     18028 Barbour County

54003     30359     29016     28030     24554 Berkeley County

54005     33173     28556     24586     15319 Boone County

54007     18082     21658     22579     23973 Braxton County

54009     26904     25513     24663     16527 Brooke County

54011    108035     97459     90786     65746 Cabell County

54013     10259     12455     10866     10268 Calhoun County

54015     14961     15206     13125     11486 Clay County

54017      9026     10923     10488     11976 Doddridge County

54019     82443     80628     72050     60377 Fayette County

54021      9746     12046     10641     10668 Gilmer County

54023      8756      8805      8441      8993 Grant County

54025     39295     38520     35878     26242 Greenbrier County

54027     12577     12974     11836     11713 Hampshire County

54029     34388     31572     28511     19975 Hancock County

54031     10032     10813      9816      9601 Hardy County

54033     85296     82911     78567     74793 Harrison County

54035     15299     16598     16124     18658 Jackson County

54037     17184     16762     15780     15729 Jefferson County

54039    239629    195619    157667    119650 Kanawha County

54041     21074     22271     21794     20455 Lewis County

54043     22466     22886     19156     19378 Lincoln County

54045     77391     67768     58534     41006 Logan County

54047     98887     94354     90479     68571 McDowell County

54049     71521     68683     66655     54571 Marion County

54051     36893     40189     39831     33681 Marshall County

54053     23537     22270     20788     21459 Mason County

54055     75013     68289     61323     49558 Mercer County

54057     22333     22215     20084     19849 Mineral County

54059     47409     40802     38319     26364 Mingo County

54061     60797     51252     50083     33618 Monongalia County

54063     13123     13577     11949     13141 Monroe County

54065      8276      8743      8406      8357 Morgan County

54067     27696     24070     20686     20717 Nicholas County

54069     71672     73115     72077     62892 Ohio County

54071      9313     10884      9660      9652 Pendleton County

54073      6369      6692      6545      7379 Pleasants County

54075     12480     13906     14555     15002 Pocahontas County

54077     31399     30416     29043     27996 Preston County

54079     21021     19511     16737     17531 Putnam County

54081     96273     86687     68072     42482 Raleigh County

54083     30558     30259     25049     26804 Randolph County

54085     12535     15389     15594     16506 Ritchie County

54087     18408     20787     19478     20129 Roane County

54089     19183     20409     20468     19092 Summers County

54091     18422     19919     19114     18742 Taylor County

54093     10600     13173     13374     16791 Tucker County

54095     10535     12559     12785     14186 Tyler County

54097     19242     18360     17944     17851 Upshur County

54099     38696     35566     31206     26012 Wayne County

54101     17888     18080     14216     11562 Webster County

54103     20154     22342     22334     23069 Wetzel County

54105      5119      6475      6358      7536 Wirt County

54107     66540     62399     56521     42306 Wood County

54109     37540     29774     20926     15180 Wyoming County

 

FIPS      1910      1900

00000  92228496  76212168                     United States

 

54000   1221119    958800                     West Virginia

54001     15858     14198                     Barbour County

54003     21999     19469                     Berkeley County

54005     10331      8194                     Boone County

54007     23023     18904                     Braxton County

54009     11098      7219                     Brooke County

54011     46685     29252                     Cabell County

54013     11258     10266                     Calhoun County

54015     10233      8248                     Clay County

54017     12672     13689                     Doddridge County

54019     51903     31987                     Fayette County

54021     11379     11762                     Gilmer County

54023      7838      7275                     Grant County

54025     24833     20683                     Greenbrier County

54027     11694     11806                     Hampshire County

54029     10465      6693                     Hancock County

54031      9163      8449                     Hardy County

54033     48381     27690                     Harrison County

54035     20956     22987                     Jackson County

54037     15889     15935                     Jefferson County

54039     81457     54696                     Kanawha County

54041     18281     16980                     Lewis County

54043     20491     15434                     Lincoln County

54045     14476      6955                     Logan County

54047     47856     18747                     McDowell County

54049     42794     32430                     Marion County

54051     32388     26444                     Marshall County

54053     23019     24142                     Mason County

54055     38371     23023                     Mercer County

54057     16674     12883                     Mineral County

54059     19431     11359                     Mingo County

54061     24334     19049                     Monongalia County

54063     13055     13130                     Monroe County

54065      7848      7294                     Morgan County

54067     17699     11403                     Nicholas County

54069     57572     48024                     Ohio County

54071      9349      9167                     Pendleton County

54073      8074      9345                     Pleasants County

54075     14740      8572                     Pocahontas County

54077     26341     22727                     Preston County

54079     18587     17330                     Putnam County

54081     25633     12436                     Raleigh County

54083     26028     17670                     Randolph County

54085     17875     18901                     Ritchie County

54087     21543     19852                     Roane County

54089     18420     16265                     Summers County

54091     16554     14978                     Taylor County

54093     18675     13433                     Tucker County

54095     16211     18252                     Tyler County

54097     16629     14696                     Upshur County

54099     24081     23619                     Wayne County

54101      9680      8862                     Webster County

54103     23855     22880                     Wetzel County

54105      9047     10284                     Wirt County

54107     38001     34452                     Wood County

54109     10392      8380                     Wyoming County

 

2000       2010

1807000   1854000                              West Virginia

15552     16596                                Barbour County

76414     104646                               Berkeley County

25491     24585                                Boone County

14720     14527                                Braxton County

25469     24007                                Brooke County

96709     96369                                Cabell County

7581      7643                                 Calhoun County

10315     9371                                 Clay County

7408      8194                                 Doddridge County

47498     45997                                Fayette County

7169      8724                                 Gilmer County

11287     11914                                Grant County

34423     35540                                Greenbrier County

20291     23948                                Hampshire County

32525     30661                                Hancock County

12695     14038                                Hardy County

68566     69265                                Harrison County

28040     29271                                Jackson County

42439     53626                                Jefferson County

199714    192939                               Kanawha County

16862     16397                                Lewis County

22133     21672                                Lincoln County

37559     36727                                Logan County

27127     22075                                McDowell County

56504     56514                                Marion County

35395     33061                                Marshall County

25965     27391                                Mason County

62926     62310                                Mercer County

27037     28229                                Mineral County

28020     26770                                Mingo County

81907     96786                                Monongalia County

13200     13511                                Monroe County

15011     17516                                Morgan County

26548     26240                                Nicholas County

47331     44475                                Ohio County

8167      7684                                 Pendleton County

7500      7582                                 Pleasants County

9100      8712                                 Pocahontas County

29283     33551                                Preston County

51734     55650                                Putnam County

79046     78900                                Raleigh County

28206     29369                                Randolph County

10335     10406                                Ritchie County

15458     14876                                Roane County

14323     13941                                Summers County

16081     16887                                Taylor County

7294      7115                                 Tucker County

9586      9184                                 Tyler County

23411     24245                                Upshur County

<5K       <5K                                  Wayne County

9688      9155                                 Webster County

17672     16552                                Wetzel County

5881      5745                               Wirt County

87874     87016                              Wood County

25582     23718                              Wyoming County

 

 

NOTE: Odd formatting since I originally found the data for 1900-1990 WV counties. I manually inputted the 2000-2010 data in the last two columns.

 

Link for WV counties website

https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/wv190090.txt

 

other WV county population in excel spreadsheet form:

https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF

 

 

Best formatting for ARCGIS 10 via excel:

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/tables/formatting-a-table-in-microsoft-excel-for-use-in-arcgis.htm

 

Explanations for population change in WV:

http://www.register-herald.com/news/outmigration-west-virginia-s-population-decline/article_98ff5f5a-29a1-5779-8c69-2f69c680ba76.html

 

http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2016/12/west-virginia-population-decline-continues/