GIS 6005 Communicating GIS Final

I have reached the final assignment of this course. This week we had to put all the skills that we learned during this class together and produce an infographic on our own. We had to choose and research a topic and find data that we could use as variables to try and answer a question using geospatial analysis. 

I chose to determine if electric vehicle sales are influenced by electric vehicle incentives offered by states. I compared data containing electric vehicle registrations by state and available electric vehicle incentives by state. 

To find the answer to my question I created a choropleth map that uses color to demonstrate the amount of incentives available in each U.S. state. I also mapped electric vehicle registrations by state using proportional symbology. My resulting map showed some kind of correlation between my two variables. It is evident that the states that offer the most elective vehicle incentives do have the most registered electric vehicles. 

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I added a secondary analysis to my infographic comparing electric vehicle sales to the average price of a gallon of gasoline on a timeline chart. In this analysis it could be determined that there was no relation between gas prices and electric vehicle sales during the analyzed time period. 

Overall this was a fun map to make. There was lots of data management involved along with a few table joints to get everything to work. I enjoyed using the custom symbology and not being constrained by some of the common constraints associated with more common cartography.