GIS 4043L – Introduction to GIS Lab - Student Spotlight

Lab 2: Own Your Map!

The "Own Your Map" Lab encourages students to think creatively when designing their maps. Setting all the essential map elements are key, but creating a map that looks nice and is geared toward your specific audience (the public, customers, etc.) can be challenging.

The spotlight this week is Chelsea Randall! Chelsea's map is well organized, easy to read, and all of the map elements are proportional to each other. None of the map elements are distracting (i.e. North arrow to large, UWF logo awkwardly placed, or city names overlapping roads). Her blog post does an excellent job of discussing the assignment. Great job, Chelsea!