In this week's GIS exercise, we used data of Florida's county boundaries to create a map of Escambia County, highlighting the position of the UWF campus. The goal here was to continue to practice using ArcMap and to learn about the critical elements every map should have. Our initial obligation as GIS technicians is to always include the most universal and critical information on the map, such as title, legend, scale bar, North arrow, index map (if appropriate), date of map preparation and the source of data, as well as identifying ourselves as the creators of out maps. Beyond that charge, it is then up to us to creatively improve the map's readability and aesthetics so that it will most effectively serve the user. Our choice of colors and placement of elements, for example, contribute to this end.
The main trouble I had withe this map was with the frame. Although the frame appears just fine in the ArcMap .mxd file, it did not translate well to the final .jpg image. It seems to have something to do with the Page and Printer settings in ArcMap.
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