Own Your Map Lab Experience

This week's lab was a fun foray into map production.  The instructions were clear and made the task quite straightforward.  The goal of my map was to provide a general location as to where the UWF Main Campus is located both within the county and within the overall State of Florida.  I accomplished this task by importing the data provided into my map data view and laying them out within in logical manner in my layout view.  This task first included symbolizing the items appropriately.  Because I wanted to primarily show the UWF location within Escambia County, I chose it as my main layout and subsequently created an inset layout highlighting where Escambia County fell with regard to the remaining counties in Florida.  The final touches were to add the UWF Essential Map Elements as well as a provided UWF logo.  This lab allowed for experimentation in order to visualize the effect color, symbology, line weight, text height, frames and neatlines can have on the map document.  It also aided in reducing future panic if red exclamation points present themselves in the Table of Contents.  "Keep Calm and Map On"......;)

Here's my final product: