Month: October 2017

I visited the Vicksburg National Military Park several years ago, and I was automatically intrigued by the geography and history of the area. Vicksburg was a key city during the Civil War; because of its location on the Mississippi River, whoever occupied the city determined whether or not the Confederacy was a geographically unified or … Continue reading Research Project Idea

For this week’s cost, I attempted to integrate the map from our second quiz into the online software. When I went to add my map to the new scene, it refused to appear in the available contents bar. After exploring the online platform for a few hours, searching the ArcGIS online FAQ section, and pleading … Continue reading Experimenting with ArcGIS Online

After the lab on Thursday, I decided to work with the buffer technique; I wanted to find the spatial relationships between major travel networks and cities in Texas. I first mapped the cities along Texas rivers. I created a twenty mile buffer around the rivers, and then I selected all of the cities that intersected … Continue reading Cities along Texas Rivers and Interstates

The three maps we did for the quiz have several historical applications. The first map, counties that had railroads in 1870, might add to research on nineteenth-century westward migration. One could take population data from the Census in 1800, 1850, 1900, 1950, and 2000 and make several maps to show population growth over time. If … Continue reading The Quiz