Place I Call Home

~~Making Maps Personal~~

The map was created to be an example of how to create a personalized map of my home, with ArcGIS. The task was to analysis a minimum of 4 pieces of data and determine which one best depicts what I call home. Since I consider my home to span many miles and Eco-regions, I had to be creative and chose different data sources. I used data from ArcGIS online which was very easy to download. However, it was a bit harder to find Puget Sound data sets. Same was true for Tribal land boundaries. In some cases, you have to go to the source directly and request data, which was what happened in my case with the Muckleshoot Tribal land boundary.

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Points of Interest of My Home

The Farm

The family farm. This view defiantly tells me I am home.

Ruby Beach, Pacific Ocean

I have been going here since I was a child. Everything about this place is home.

The Muckleshoot Prairie

The base of the Cascade foothills, lies what is called today the Enumclaw Plateau. However, its true name Muckleshoot Prairie. I have made my home among the Muckleshoot people.

Eastern Washington

I have traveled east of the mountains to visit family since I was young. This view from the rest stop right outside of Vantage reminds me I am almost home.