Hello and welcome to my first ever blog post!

In my first lab for GIS 4043/L, I was introduced to ArcGIS/ArcMap and created the country population map that is listed above. Following the instructions, I was able to familiarize myself with all of the features and tool bars that the software has to offer. This lab taught me how to add data, explore and sort through data, how to create a map, and how to add important items such as a legend, scale, north arrow, and text.

This was a perfect lab to learn all of the basics of the software. I am looking forward to building on what I learned this week.