In the field of cartography (mapmaking) there are many options available for collecting vital information. Demographics, topography, temperature trends, and street maps are resources a cartographer may need at any time. Currently, there is a high demand for instantaneous access to quantitative information; a need for technology that offers it all. Thus, an all-inclusive mapping resources program: ArcGIS.
Doris Dialogu, Civil Engineering major at CSULB, is currently using the program in her Cartography class.
"It takes a lot of statistical understanding," said Dialogu. "You can categorize the info by boundaries and groups of people."
The program will render mapping information from the most basic of geography all the way to street-level detail. This, however, has its stipulations.
Although there is a wealth of content available through the software, its reliability is limited by the way it is presented. "There's a lot of info and it's all biased by representation," said Dialogu. "Like any representative painting of a flower or a rabbit. It's paint."
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