The above map was created in the Week 7: Proportional Circle Lab. I enjoyed working with the data in excel. The process of calculating the circle size was interesting. I used the circle sizes in the legend because they represented even numbers and breaks in the data that would be easy for a map user to identify. I do feel I had room to make Europe larger in the map. I would change that if I had to do the exercise over. This did give me a change to practice overlapping circles. I placed a white ring around the circles and made them about 50% transparent so I could stack them. The larger circles were placed first on the bottom and the smaller circles on top. I used a symbol from the symbol library to indicate no data for countries with no data. It also allowed me to practice using groups and layers. Being able to edit all the circles at once was a huge help. I decided not to leave the country labels active because I feel they cluttered the map and took attention away from what the circles were communicating.
Good job Levi. I wish you had added the labels. It would have made the map seem more informative to me.
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