Anne Ditmeyer

Map Making: Learn to Communicate Places Beautifully

I like that you're working large scale! Gives you more room to spread out and explore. You could also try to re-create this map using construction paper shapes (as you'll see in one of the exercises in the week 2 lectures).

Hi Anne, this is Susan, Sebastian's Aunt.  He is really loving this class so far!  He has made smaller maps and hung them up around the house.  On the inside of my front door is now a map of this house!  This class came along at the perfect time as he had asked me for more info, or a class, or books about cartography!  Thank you for offering this class!  

How wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing, Susan :) Learning can be contagious, same for maps!

Please answer these questions and then we will upload your answers to your project page when you have answered them.

Why am I making this map? For Fun.
Why am I the expert to create this map? because i'm the only one that can create a map from my view point.
Who is my target audience? who ever is inspired by my work to do their own and who ever likes it. 
Do I want my final project to be printed or digital? How is going to be used/held? What other constraints do I need to keep in mind moving forward? (Note type can be smaller on printed maps than when viewed on web) i would like my final project to be printed. it will be held. i want it to be foldable. 
What level of detail do I need to include? (Names, addresses, contact info, street names, website, hours, descriptions, color coding, etc.) addresses. street names. color coding.
Dear class, I need your help/expertise/guidance on how to.....    i don't have any thing to ask right now but if any thing comes to mind i will ask  

<p>This is a portion of the drawing I did of our neighborhood. &nbsp;It is three feet long by one and a half feet tall. &nbsp;It is done in pencil. &nbsp;Our house is the one with the dot. &nbsp;<img class="zoomable rounded-image-wrapper" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/8c12d1c51d18dbf4ebf8e86db7df1df6/05756c17" alt="Sebastian's Project  - image 1 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/8c12d1c51d18dbf4ebf8e86db7df1df6/05756c17 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/8c12d1c51d18dbf4ebf8e86db7df1df6/05756c17 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"></p>


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