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Lab 9 – Make a Map and Conduct Spatial Analysis

Please watch the video playlist first – it shows you how to access the mapping application ‘social explorer’. This is a database Temple has free access to.

There are 3 videos in the playlist.

1. Shows you how to access Social Explorer
2. A brief overview of Social Explorer
3. How to change categories (referred to as cut points here in the lab)

Map Analysis/Creation #1

Please Create a Map of Philadelphia that has the following components

1. 2015 Income – Median Household Income over 100,000 dollars
2. Shaded Area Map
3. Tract Data
4. Green Color
5. 3 Cut Points

Export this map and then copy/paste the image file in this word document

Question – What area/neighborhood in Philadelphia has the highest percentage of household incomes over 100,000? Why do you think that is?

Question – Which Census Tract in Philadelphia has the highest percentage of household incomes over 100,000?

Map Analysis/Creation #2

Create the same exact map you just did, except for Manhattan.

Export this map and then copy/paste the image file in this word document

Question – What is the difference between incomes in Manhattan and Philadelphia? Why do you think this is?