GEOG381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Choropleth Map

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG381
• Professor: Derek T Robinson

Document Summary

Steps: download the 2015 wrps occurrence data, then separate x and y in excel, import the csv data, create points of total crime occurrences use display xy data" , download municipal boundary shapefiles. Set symbology" in layer properties", select graduate colors" in quantities". Breaks (jenks) and set classes to be 8. By doing all these steps the choropleth map of total crime occurrences has been displayed. Set symbology" in layer properties",select graduate colors" in quantities. Select value to be join_count"; choose the classification to be natural. Breaks (jenks) and set classes to be 5. By doing all these steps the map with graduated symbols of total crime occurrences has been displayed.