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My private IslandBY: J IM GRAHAM

13TH OF SEPTEMBER , 2013

IntroductionI’ve always wanted to have my own island. There have been private islands for a long time (cite) and human-constructed islands appearing recently (cite).

Figure 1. Map of the location of my island off the coast of Chile.

MethodsA country data set was obtained from Natural Earth. Trees, Steams, and Isle data sets were created using ArcMap version 10.2 from Esri, Inc. First, shapefiles were created for the Island, Roads, and Trees layers. Then the features were digitized. A polygon of the island was created. Next, polyline features

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This was created in ArcMap with labels from the attributes. The fonts need to be large enough to read and will typically need a halo (Properties -> Symbol -> Edit Symbol -> Mask Tab).


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were used to represent roads found on the island. Finally, tree icons were added to the island to represent stands existing on the island.

The maps included here were created in ArcMap. Then, they were exported as high resolution (600dpi) JPEGs. They were then brought into the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), cropped, and copied into MS-Word from Microsoft. The red box in the Locator Map was added in ArcGIS. The labels also have a “halo” added to make them more readable. The legend in the map below has a “Background” with a 10 point “Gap” set to white to keep the map background from showing through.

ResultsMy Island is about 900 square kilometers in size with a beautiful lagoon to park my sailboats.

Figure 2. Detailed map of my island.

ConclusionWhile this island is imaginary and I could not afford it regardless, this was a good exercise to get back into ArcGIS and have some fun!

AcknowledgementsData for this study were provided by Natural Earth. Funding, computer access and other facilities were provided by Humboldt State University.



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BibliographyNatural Earth, 2014, < http://www.naturalearthdata.com/>

Marris, P, 1982, Community planning and conceptions of change, Routledge & Kegan Paul, ISBN


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