Sketch 03

Final project draft map

A map demonstrating progress towards your final project poster
Modified

October 22, 2026

Assigned Due Submit

10/5/26

11/18/26

 Section 1, Section 2

What you should submit

By 11:59pm on Monday, 11/18/26, you should submit to Canvas:

  • A draft map that clearly demonstrates progress towards your final project analysis, submitted in PNG format at 300 DPI
  • A short description (no more than 250 words/1-page single-spaced) of where your analysis stands, what’s left to do, etc.

Draft map

You should submit a map that reflects progress towards a final poster. It does not need to be a 100% finished, polished map, but it must meet the following criteria:

  1. Depicts multiple spatial datasets used in your analysis/representation
  2. Demonstrate your understanding of your chosen geospatial methodology
  3. Follows best practices of cartographic design

Reflection

Additionally, you should submit a short description of about 250 words explaining how the map fits into your broader poster layout, topic, and project, including answers to these questions:

  1. What workflow did you use? Be specific—what kinds of tools did you run, are you using clips/buffers? Are you created data through table joins, georeferencing, etc.?
  2. What were the key data sources? Be specific—what are the data models (vector/raster) and data sources?
  3. Based on what you accomplished so far, what’s left for you to do?