Module 3 Lab: Cartographic Design Principles

 


This week’s lab was based on Cartographic design focusing on the Gestalt’s principles of perceptual organization. The objectives for this assignment were to create a map of public schools in Ward 7 Washington, DC, making sure to comply with Gestalt’s principles.

 The design of the map was one of my main focuses. I chose different colors for specific elements to highlight them. I used different shades of gray for the ground to direct the readers’ focus. The lighter shade of gray was our focus area for this assignment, or Ward 7. For the symbols, I used different shades of red to help further differentiate between the type of schools. Lastly, I used shades of orange for the different types of roads present in the map. The green areas on the map represent parks, and blue represents the water. The principle objectives were to follow Gestalt’s principles of Visual Hierarchy, Contrast, Figure Ground, and Balance.

The map was created wholly in ArcGIS, using the information that was given to me for this assignment. It was added into ArcGIS, I changed the colors and sizes of the different features. I clipped schools to get the ones that we were required to focus on in Ward 7. I changed the symbology for the schools, labeled the neighborhoods, and changed the roads based on importance. Next, I started creating the layout map, labeling the river, and adding the elements that were required.

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