Final Project

Wind Farm

This proposed wind farm is located in Lake Superior, just south of the U.S.-Canada border. The location has a very high average annual wind speed, averaging 15 miles per hour wind speed. It is located 30 miles north of the Upper Michigan Peninsula. Even though there is much tourist and recreation activity in the Upper Michigan Peninsula, it is located far enough that it would not be seen by those on the shore.

Futhermore, there is not as much shipping traffic in Lake Superior as no major cities are located along the shores. There is also not much migratory bird traffic traffic in this area. The only drawback is that the water depth is rather deep here, averaging around 300 feet deep.

Isarithmic Map

Although not as tedious as making the dot map, this was an extremely difficult assignment for me. I had to experiment many times to get the lines to match correctly.

Flow Maps

I finally feel like I'm becoming more comfortable with Adobe Illustrator.

Although, I can't figure our why the JPEGS keep coming out looking grainy and pixelated, even on the highest quality image setting.

Dot Map

This map took an incredible amount of paitence. I had to adjust the number of housing units per dot several times, so I could fit them in the more dense counties like Pinellas and Miami-Dade.

Proportional Symbol Map

This is a difficult assignment for me. I still have difficulty working with the layers in Illustrator. But, it's a learning curve, and I believe I learned a lot of Illustrator tricks this week!

Week 6