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Peter FoxGIS for Science

ERTH 4750 (98271)Week 7, Friday, March 9, 2012

Lab: assignment (10%)

Earthquakes…• Start with WORLD.tab• Make a thematic map of earthquakes - see

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/epic• Make a particular selection – be prepared to say why• Part 1. Make two thematic maps a) in which symbol colors

represent earthquake depth ranges and b) symbol sizes represent magnitudes.

• Part 2. Select a region of high earthquake activity and find some data on lists of global volcanoes (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_eruptions.cfm ). Note this is current AND past.

• Put them on the same map• Any preliminary conclusion?

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Literacy (world.tab)• Make a thematic map of the literacy rate

among the world's countries. • Make another map for the ratio of rural to

urban inhabitants, using similar coloring schemes.

• Put these two maps on the same layout page and think about whether or not you see a correlation between literacy rates and rural inhabitants.

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