Instructions for utilizing
an Electronic Atlas
(update 1/8/2009)
Method One -- Using
Power Point
Explorer Part (method illustrated
in class)
- Use Windows NT Explorer to
build a subdirectory under the Temp subdirectory with your name
- Use Explorer or such to
search for (Google is a recommended search engine) an electronic atlas
on the web such as William Bowen's Electronic Atlas or other web pages (list
of possible sites at bottom of sheet).
- Go to a map that you like in
Explorer, using the Ctrl and Print Screen keys capture an image
of your computer screen (also can use Shift and Print Screen, this is called a
Screen Dump).
- From your Programs
click and open MSPowerPoint.
- Open a blank template.
- Paste the screen captured image
to your Power Point slide. Click on your picture then use the arrow key to
move the image about and shrink or expand it to the correct size. Also, use
the Cropping Tool to cut off anything extra.
- Next do the same for text (title) and
legend or other important information from the map that you wish to include in
your final cartographic product.
- You may also add other image data that
has been saved as a file by using Insert / Picture
or additional text information using Insert / Text Box
- You can then improve the emphasis on
your map by using the default rectangle box or oval
with no fill (as demonstrated in class),
or for the clever few draw on the map directly by first going to
slide show, then using the right mouse button
to activate the pointer options.
- Save your work and print the results.
- Make a jpeg of your Powerpoint slide
a. click Save As
b. In the Save as Type pick window scroll down to "JPEG File
Interchange Format (*.jpeg)
c. save this file using the following file name:
Egeo250-you last name- first initial-Asgn-1
(the jpeg extension will automatically be added to the end of this file name)
d. save this somewhere in your own "u drive" or on a thumb drive and
also at J:\saldata\SAL_temp\Egeo250\Assignment 1\
(this way I will be able to view your final map in color and post
some of them).
A number of sites worth
looking at:
Atlas of Canada, Natural Resources of Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/index.html
Silk Road Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/index.html
DIGITAL ATLAS OF CALIFORNIA
http://130.166.124.2/CApage1.html
The Map Room, San Francisco,
California
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/maproom.html
Up-to-the-minute Southern
California Earthquake Map
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/scec/webquakes/
The ARL Electronic Atlas
http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/arl.html