Module 1: World Country Population Density and City Locations Map
This week's lab focused on the introduction of ESRI's ArcGIS Pro software. The main goal for this lab was to learn the ArcGIS Pro interface and create a simple map of the world's city locations and differentiate countries based on their population density. Map Setup: In order to keep the map uncluttered and keep the focus on the intended map's purpose, the city and country locations, I chose a world topographic basemap. As for the map orientation, a landscape orientation seemed to fit the map extent the best. Data: To start out, we were given two shapefiles, a "Cities" shapefile (point data) and a "World Countries" shapefile (polygon data). These were layered so that the country polygons were overlaid by the city locations. If the layer order was reversed, the city locations would have been hidden underneath the country polygons. Therefore, this shows the importance of choosing the correct layer order for your map. Symbology: The symbology for thi...