Organic Producers by Region

Organic-producers-by-geographical-regions-2007_2
This map was interesting because Africa, Asia, and Latin America have a ton more organic producers than North America or Oceania (Europe isn't doing too bad though)...The correlation seems to be that as income decreases, food quality increases, as many of these geographical regions are still "developing" countries and do not have the financial means to access fertilizers, pesticides, and other harsh chemicals.  

Bivariate Map

Bivariate
Instead of a typical U.S. map, I found a bivariate choropleth calculating 2002 population density & % population change from 1989-2002 of Russia's central federal district.  The highest pop. density is in the center-north and the southern regions.  The same goes for the % pop. change.  I wonder what the trend is (must be around Moscow or St. Petersburg)... 

Lab #9: Isoline

Lab9
This lab took a very long time, but out of most of my maps this semester I am very proud of this one.  My biggest issue was clipping, which I tried to figure out for hours upon hours in the Robinson lab, but could never catch.  So I chose my next best option.  I zoomed in to 1200% and erased as much as I could around the edges...I hope everyone still likes it.  The text on the right says "Breaking News: Smerg Has Infiltrated the Piedmont Watersheds", which are the inlets on the east coast.

Lab #8: Color

Lab8color

Finally, we can work in color!  I really like the bright blue & bright red contrasts, but they came out most vibrantly on the digital (web).  My printed version is a little more dull in value and the title did not print out correctly at all (must be the geog lab printer)....I would like to learn how to put in pictures, because I really wanted a wrench or some sort of image indicating construction or manual labor.  Oh well.