Color Population Activity

Instructions: Using the 2001 census data you are going to create a visualization of the
population in North Carolina.
1. Open the NC County Map.
2. Using the census data decide on equal divisions for your legend. Hint: you
will need to do a 0-15,000 to start and a 120.000 and over to end. The other
divisions should be equal and between 8 and 10.
3. Create a legend and assign hue values for each value.
4. Using the data color code your map.
5. Place a correct title on the visualization and clean up all trapped white space.
(See video tutorial)
Questions:
1. Why did you use hues instead of values for this activity?
2. Precipitation maps often use lightness or saturation for coding while vegetation
maps usually use hue or a combination of hue and lightness or saturation.
a. Why is this?
b. What would be best for coding population density?
c. What would be best for coding a world map showing the language spoken by
the majority population in each region or country?
d. What would be best for coding region's mineral resources (keep in mind that
some regions may have several minerals while others have none)?
3. When you plan a project you need to know what type of output medium you will
be using. Write how planning will be affected by each of the following output
devices:
Color laser printer
Color bubble jet printer
Laser printer
Web page
Web page to be projected in a classroom using a LCD projector
Web page to be broadcast on TV