11.188/11.520 Labs #2 and #3: LAB #2: More thematic mapping (1) Exploratory map - comparing population of Cambridge blockgroups with and without normalizing by block group area, (2) Explanatory map - examining spatial relationship between land use and housing prices, (3) Creating maps as PDF files (4) Getting more comfortable with ArcMap: symbology, legend options, scale bar, north arrow, annotation, ... LAB #3: Spatial queries and joins (1) Compare Cambridge housing prices with the socio-economics of the neighborhood (2) Add new columns to data tables (3) Merging, editing, saving data (e.g., to compute percent with high school education) (4) Spatial joins to find neighborhood containing each sale (5) Buffering Mass Ave and comparing sales prices of housing that is close/far Optional Lab, Friday, 11-1 or noon - 2 in Room 37-312