Population Density of Provinces in Chile

ArcGIS Pro Tools: Join, Export Features, Project, Simplify Polygon, Merge, Add Field/Calculate Field, Calculate Geometry, Symbology (classification and exclusion), ColorBrewer Integration

Adobe Illustrator Tasks: Legend and Label Adjustment, Text Editing, Layout and Alignment

Objective: To create a choropleth map visualizing the population density of the provinces of Chile. 

Analysis:

This analysis involved several steps:

1. Data Preparation: joined the provinces shapefile to the population data and exported the updated shapefile.

2. Projection: applied a transverse cylindrical equal area projection, which is best Chile's elongated shape.

3. Data Generalization: simplified the polygon and merged the sample provinces together.

4. Data Standardization: created an area field, calculated the area of each province, and calculated the population density.

5. Data Classification: classified the data in the symbology pane using a geometric interval classification method, which best fit the skewed distribution of the data.

6. Finalization: exported the map to Adobe Illustrator to adjust the text and map layout.