GIS 4006 - Module 3 - Typography

For this weeks Module 3 lab we were tasked with creating a map using adobe illustrator arcgis pro that highlights 17 features in an area of the Florida Keys known as Marathon. After researching Marathon on the wiki page, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon,_Florida), I learned that Marathon’s name originates from the Florida East Coast Railroad and that the Florida Keys historian Dan Gallager in his book "Florida's Great Ocean Railway" credits New York playwright Wiiter Bynner for naming Marathon.

The theme for this map is as follows; Font: Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold, Size: 18, Color:Town-Yellow, Airport-Red, Statepark-Green, Countryclub-Blue,  Stroke: White.  All features for this module were labeled using this technique with varying font size/color and leader lines. Leader lines, for this map, were drawn with the pen tool in adobe illustrator and the type on a path tool was used to type Font: Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold, Size: 12, Color: Aerial-Black and Hydrographic-Italicized Blue, into the corresponding features GPS coordinate locations.

Features that make my map unique would be a drop shadow applied to the marathon islands feature layers, a color coded font that aids in the location of Town, Airport, Statepark, and Country Club features accompanied by a color coded legend, and, finally, an aesthetic use of symbols, colors, and border frames to highlight a beautiful area such as Marathon, Florida.