Duncan- Week 5

Chapter 4

  • In Chapter I learned how to import data into my new works, as well as how to modify attributes within the attribute table.
  • In the map below I learned how to focus on a couple of data points within the data set. the green is specifically just robberies and burglaries out of all the crime within Pittsburgh.
  • Additionally I learned how to create spatial joints which give the amount of instances within a certain area of the map.

Chapter 5

  • In this chapter I learned how to un-skew the map and make the maps in the world shape.
  • I learned about the process to change a maps coordinate system.
  • Then I learned about TIGER files and census tracts.

Chapter 6

  • In this chapter I learned how to dissolve features on my maps to either make maps simpler or more advanced, depending on what the idea of the map is and the target audience.
  • I also learned how to merge water features and other features in general.
  • Finally, I learned how to intersect features and what the tabulate  intersection tool is.

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