Hi guys, I need help answering those questions for my Geospatial systems Lab 3.

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Hi guys, I need help answering those questions for my Geospatial systems Lab 3. Could anyone help me?

1)In Task 1.2, you copy and pasted the data layers after setting the symbology so that it will be the same in all three data frames. What is another way that you can make the symbology the same without copy-paste?
2. In the final map layout (shown in Figure 11), Hawaii seems to be quite large in comparison to Alaska. What strategies might you undertake to either 1) rectify this, or 2) alert the map reader to this discrepancy?
3. If the page orientation was portrait, how would you redesign the map to better fit that page orientation? Would you even need to if the map is surrounded by a neatline?

Explanation / Answer

1.With the symbology set, we can import the symbology to the other two data frames’
Election Results layer.
1. Open the Properties for Election Results in the Hawaii Data Frame.
2. Click the Symbology tab.
3. Click the Import button. Set the following options:
a. Import symbology definition from another layer….
b. Layer: Election Results (choose one of the two)
c. Complete symbology definition
4. Click OK.

a. If it did not prompt you to select a value field, repeat step 3, but choose the
other Election Results layer on step 3.b.
5. Select DEMREP as the Value Field.
6. Click OK to complete the import.
7. Click OK to close the layer properties and accept the symbology.
8. Verify that it worked by activating the Hawaii data frame.
9. Repeat steps 1-8 for the Election Results in the Alaska data frame.

2.

1.Open the Lower 48 Data Frame Properties.
2. Click the Coordinate System tab.
3. Expand Projected Coordinate Systems Continental North America and
then choose North American Albers Equal Area Conic.
4. Click OK to set the map projection. Click Yes if a map projection notice appears.
Use the zoom and pan tools to zoom in to the Lower 48 as close as possible while
still showing all of the states (don’t forget to activate the data frame)
Repeat steps 1-4 for the other two data frames. Set the following projections:
a. Hawaii: Projected Coordinate Systems Continental North America
Hawaii Albers Equal Area Conic
b. Alaska: Projected Coordinate Systems Continental North America
Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic.

3. 1.Switch to Layout View by clicking View Layout View.
Layout view lets us design our map on a virtual piece of paper. In Layout View, you
should see all three data frames placed in the center of the map in an overlapping mess.
We will reposition the data frames so they look good on the map.
2. To maximize our space on the page, switch the page orientation to landscape
view by clicking File Page and Print Setup. In the Map Page Size area…
a. Uncheck Use Printer Paper Settings This separates the digital piece of paper
from the page size of the printer attached to the computer. If you are going
to print the map on the attached printer, leave this box checked.
b. For the Page Standard Size, select Letter.
c. Select Landscape as the orientation.
d. Click OK

With the page orientation changed, the data frames may exceed the size of the
page. Click and resizeClick on each data frame once. This will expose the movement handles (8
blue boxes). You can use these handles to resize the data frames.
b. When you reposition the data frames, you may need to reposition the data
inside the data frames. Use the Zoom, Pan, and Full Extent Tools to make the
data take up the entire data frame.
c. If you wish to zoom in to the map layout page to have a closer look when
lining things up, enable the Layout Toolbar, and use the Zoom, Pan, etc..
functions to move around the virtual map page.

The layout toolbar has similar tools to the tools found in the General toolbar.
The Zoom in, Zoom out, and Pan tools in the general toolbar will still function
in layout view but will function differently. If needed, you can use these
tools to reposition the maps in their respective data frames. Try out both
sets of tools to see how the work differently.
d. To make the Alaska and Hawaii data frames the same size, while holding
down the Shift key on your keyboard, click the two data frames, then right-
click on one of them and choose Distribute Make Same Size.
e. You can set alignment guides by clicking on the two rulers around the layout
view. With an alignment guide set, data frames and map elements should
snap to the guide. Right-click on a ruler to expose additional ruler options
and operations.
f. You can align data frames with each other by selecting both data frames,
right-clicking and choosing Align <<alignment option>>

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