Sample Plots from Past Students

Minard's Plot

In Spring 2004, students were asked to replicate the Minard plot

Here is one student's plot

NYC Weather

In Fall 2004, students were asked to replicate the NYC weather graphic using weather data from Fargo ND

Here are two students' plots

In Fall 2004, students were given voting data and asked to provide elections maps. They were not asked to copy a published map.

They came up with some very creative ways to represent these data.

Here are three examples

Finally, here is a start at the map for your project. Note that it is not complete, nor does it abide by all of the guides listed in the assignment. It is merely here to give you an idea as to what you can do.