Wisconsin's Impaired Waters: 2004 EPA Approved 303(d) List
Purpose of this map:
- Show the distribution of 303(d) waters in Wisconsin including counties and legislative districts
Methodology:
- Located each specific water segment or body individually from various scale sources (mostly 1:24,000 polyline or polygon) and created a separate shapefile for each
- Merged all polyline features into one shapefile; Merged all polygon features into another shapefile
- Included semi-transparent hydrography layer to display connectivity of water features
- Created in ArcMap 9, exported to Illustrator for labeling the over 400 lakes, rivers, and streams
Specifications:
- Designed Large Format: 3' x 3', Color
Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly District Maps
Purpose of these maps:
- To determine the legislative district of a citizen or find the extent of a legislator's district
Methodology:
- Side A was simple display of Senate and Assembly District polylines including counties and major cities
- Side B focused on insets of a Minor Civil Division layer that had been color optimized with a ArcView 3.x script that created unique colors for neighboring polygons.
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly District Detailed Maps
Purpose of these maps:
- Display the cities, towns and villages included in each legislative district
Methodology:
- Displayed the Minor Civil Division layer created for the preceding maps (color optimized with a ArcView 3.x script that created unique colors for neighboring polygons)
- MCD, county, legislative district layers and map extent exported from ArcMap
- Labeled in Illustrator
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
WLCV Conservation Scorecard 2007-2008: State Senators and Assembly Representatives
Purpose of these maps:
- Show the distribution of scores based on conservation voting record in the Senate and Assembly legislative districts
Methodology:
- Joined WLCV's Conservation Scorecard database to the senate and assembly district shapefiles
- Classified scores to create choropleth map
- Insets created to see areas of smaller districts
- Produced and labeled in ArcMap
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
- Also printed 2' x 3' for display
Out-of-State Waste in Wisconsin 2003-2004
Purpose of this map:
- Identify the location of landfills in Wisconsin that accept waste from other states
Methodology:
- Landfill locations were found in DNR shapefile or manually located
- Background map including county boundaries, US highways, and neighboring states created in ArcMap and exported to Illustrator including the point location of each landfill
- Garbage can symbol created in Illustrator and added to map at each landfill location and colored based on the state from which garbage was accepted
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 8½", Two Color
- Printed 2' x 2' for display
- Slightly modified version published in Capitol Times
2006 Conservation Lobby Day
Purpose of this map:
- Show the distribution of citizens attending Conservation Lobby Day by combining this printed basemap with pushpins representing citizens' locations
Methodology:
- Displayed and labeled senate and assembly legislative districts and all cities from DNR's Minor Civil Division layer
- After printed and mounted, multi-colored pushpins were manually added to achieve 3-dimensional display
Specifications:
- Designed Large Format: 3' x 3', Color
Renewable Energy's Economic Benefit to Wisconsin
Purpose of these maps:
- Geographically show the distribution of jobs created and location of manufacturing firms possibly affected by a national investment in renewable energy
Methodology:
- Created a database that was joined to the counties shapefile
- Classes were displayed using Natural Breaks
- State senate and assembly districts were included to determine which districts had the most to gain
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
The Northwoods Hundred Healthiest Rivers Petition
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Purpose of these maps:
- Determine the location and extent of the proposed 100 rivers to add to the Exceptional and Outstanding Resource Water list
Methodology:
- Each river and river segment was located individually and a shapefile was created for each one
- Other layers, such as local roads and dams were used to determine the described extent of each river segment
- All the shapefiles were merged into one layer
- Since the project required that all 100 river segments be labeled, it was necessary to create a series of maps
- Also included on the maps were DNR Geographic Management Units, counties, and legislative districts
- After the first map was completed with minor labeling, the three additional maps extents were determined and each was replicated from the first, except with all rivers labeled
- Due to an extraordinarily tight deadline, the labels were created in ArcMap and do not follow the standard cartographic principle of following the curve of the river
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
Exceptional and Outstanding Resource Waters in Northern Wisconsin
Purpose of this map:
- Display the DNR's recommended Exceptional and Outstanding Resource Waters as compared to the proposed 100 (above) and existing ERW/ORW
Methodology:
- Using the shapefile created for the Hundred Healthiest Rivers Petition map series, the 40 DNR recommended rivers were selected out and displayed
- The proposed 100 and all the existing ERW/ORW were included, as well as counties, tribal lands and the boundary of the ceded territories
- As this map was commissioned for a PowerPoint presentation slide, it was necessary that the labels for the 40 rivers be large enough to read, so as to easily locate any specific river segment
Specifications:
- Designed 800x600 pixel for PowerPoint, Color
Non-Profit Organization's Membership Street Map and Membership by Watershed
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Purpose of these maps:
- Show the distribution of members of a non-profit organization in relation to an important waterway (left) and their distribution in local watersheds (right)
Methodology:
- Geocoded membership database using ArcGIS 9.1 and StreetMap USA
- Displayed data points
- Watersheds displayed and labeled
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
Regional Group Coverage Areas for the John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club
Purpose of this map:
- Delineate the boundaries of various groups of the John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club for a website graphic
Methodology:
- Displayed, colored and labeled the shapefile provided by the Sierra Club
- Included counties and bordering states to provide context
Specifications:
- Designed 2400 x 2550 pixels for web, Color
Wisconsin Toxic Release Inventory Maps
Purpose of these maps:
- Geographically represent the distribution of toxic releases throughout the state of Wisconsin based on published Toxic Release Inventory data
Methodology:
- TRI tables were formed into a database that was joined to a zip code shapefile
- Layers were created for each section and displayed as a six panel series
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
Wisconsin Conservation Power Project Coalition Membership Maps at Senate District and Ward Level
Purpose of these maps:
- Show the statewide distribution of membership totals for a coalition of conservation organizations
Methodology:
- Membership totals for each ward were aggregated from coalition membership databases into a single database
- The ward level data was dissolved up to the Assembly district level (not shown) then again to the Senate district level
- Jenk's Natural Breaks method was used to delineate classes at the district and ward level
- Maps were created in ArcMap for printouts to accompany a presentation
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11", Color
Wisconsin Conservation Power Project Media Hits by Market 2003
Purpose of this map:
- Display the number of and type of media hits that the coalition groups received in each media market
Methodology:
- Media markets were created by selecting counties, exporting the selection, and dissolving them into a single polygon, then repeating the process for each market
- After each market was individually created, they were merged together to create one shapefile which was edited to name each market
- Number and type of media hits for each group in the coalition was aggregated into a database which was joined to the media market shapefile
- Callout boxes were used to delineate what type media hit had the most influence on the total
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11 ", Color
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations - Animal Units by Farm 2003
Purpose of this map:
- To show the distribution, location, type and size of CAFOs in Wisconsin
Methodology:
- CAFO animal unit and type data joined to polygon shapefile
- One layer for each type needed to be created to give the effect of a single symbol that displays number of animal units and type
- County boundaries added for user orientation
Specifications:
- Designed 8½" x 11 ", Color
