In this week’s module, we learned about choropleth maps and using proportional symbols in our map. The lecture and readings this week covered dot maps, standardizing data, and data classification. I used ArcGIS Pro to create the attached map, which shows wine consumption in Europe compared to population density. I use ArcGIS to set my legend and choose the color ramp for the population density and to set the symbology for the wine consumption layer. I chose a blue color ramp for my map because I think this color is neutral and would not interfere with the wine consumption layer. I chose a merlot purple for the wine consumption layer.  I think that this blue best represents the population data because it is easy to tell the darker colors are the more highly populated areas. The purple circles for that represent the wine data are easy to see on the blue background and I think using a wine like color helps make the map easy to understand.

For the wine consumption layer, I chose the graduated method for my map. When looking through the data in the attribute table, I felt that this method better represented all of the wine consumption data. I also thought that the proportional method took up too much space on the map, even when I set the minimum size to a low point.