GIS 4006 - Module 2 - Intro to Adobe Illustrator

For this weeks module 2 we were tasked with customizing our module 1 maps of the state of Florida. This weeks module allowed me to familarize myself with much of adobe illustators tool set and I feel like this intro lesson will be useful later on.

I used scripts in this lab exercise to replace all major cities symbols with the symbol for a primitive hut. I did this by selecting both the major cities object and the hut object from the layers panel and ran the supplied script. I also applied this same method to the capital object in order to replace it with a primitive sun symbol.

I added a 1.0 neatframe by drawing a rectangle and adjusting the stroke width and color. I also added a drop shadow to my counties object by selecting it in the layers panel and then choosing the effect tab > stylize > and drop shadow. I added images of Florida’s state flag, salt water fish, and fruit from the web. A custom north arrow was chosen from ArcGIS symbols and a legend was created with corresponding map symbols and elements.

GIS 4035 - Module 2 - Visual Interpretation

For my first project in GIS 4035 Photo Interpretation and Remote Sensing, we were tasked with analyzing and interpreting 3 different aerial images.
For the first .tif aerial image file we were tasked with interpreting tone, by classifying 5 polygon feature class files from very light to very dark, and texture, by classifying 5 polygon feature class files from very fine to very coarse.
The following map deliverable was created.

For the next .tif aerial image file we were tasked with interpreting features based on shape, shadow, pattern, and association.  The following map deliverable highlights each of the mentioned features and indicates the color code for that feature in the legend.

For the final .tif aerial image file we were tasked with interpreting color features when compared to a false color IR image of the same study area. The following differences were noted:

Feature	True Color	False Color
Stream	White	Blue
Forest	Green	Red
River	Green-blue	Blue
Building	Light-grey	White
Lot	Dark-grey	Blue