Erika Loves Maps

Top 5 Student Maps

Danielle did an excellent job on this map. The simple background color highlights the colors used within the state boundaries. Additionally, her use of font and spacing balance the map very well.

This map is so different from what most students created for this assignment. Thomas did a great job by creating the individual symbols and his placement of them made the map turn out fantastically.

This map is much more artistic than what most student created for this assigment. Jared used the river to set his legend for the proportional symbols, giving the map a much more creative feel.

Jillian's use of placement and spacing work great on this map. The colors on the map are even and the audience can easily distinguish between the different levels of data. Furthermore, her placement of Alaska and Hawaii help balance the map in a way that most students did not use.

This map by John is so interesting because of the data he is illustrating. By creating a patterned border, it gives the map a different, old-world feeling. Also, his placement and sizing of the dots illustrates the data properly.

Top 5 Weekly Blog Maps

This map does a great job of illustrating the energy grid for the continents. By using such an interesting projection the audience can see how the more northern continents are connected, and how there is an obvious lack of energy used in Antarctica.

The use of color and lines to display the data for this map really grabs your attention. Also, by splitting up the map according to regions gives a sense of location and displays general grouping information that the audience may find useful.

This is such an interesting data set to display, and by using color and dot density the audience can see the distribution of the data. Additionally, this gives the audience a sense of region/culture according to the number of times an individual may kiss their friend while greeting them.

By using a choropleth map to show the levels of impact, the audience can understand the intensity of the path of super typhoon Haiyan. Also, the colors used are understood to be negative colors and illustrate the destruction that was caused.

This artistic map of the East Coast of the United States is very beautiful. The watercolor-like background gives a natural and peaceful feeling to the audience. Also, the symbols used help convey the national forests that are highlighted going down the map.