An Informative Essay On Bruce Springsteen's Last Tour

For my final map presentation I wanted to introduce a topic that interests me, along with my audience. I am a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, and with growing up in Jersey and along the shore I can only hope that everyone knows of him, about him, or even a few songs of his. Springsteen is legendary for his popularity, beautifully written and performed songs, and his three and half hour long concerts. I have been obsessed with him now for about 5 years and I could not pass up the opportunity to do some research and present a project involving him. I decided to make a map showing where Springsteen played for the first half of his last tour in the Untied States and everywhere he performed at.

First, I researched the first half of the United States River Tour to conduct and record the latitude and the longitude of the 30 arenas he arrived and played at. This information was found on https://brucebase.wikispaces.com, where every concert he's ever played at

I then also added a picture of a young Springsteen and his guitar. The projection of New Jersey represents the first Springsteen and first concert I have ever attended in my lifetime. I went to the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York in last May and felt that that would be a interesting detail to add to my map. My design choice was an attempt so have a music themed map projection. I wouldn't change my map in anyway, maybe only to add more detail and minor additions or edits. I am content with my map I made and I am proud to present my topic of choice to my class audience. I learned and got to see how far and how fast Springsteen travels around the United States to perform. Almost as if he hops state to state, but surprisingly he doesn't play around Montana and Idaho area. I also gained knowledge of ArcMap on my own because it was not a lab with detailed instructions. I shocked myself with the knowledge I already had and the ideas I came up with to produce my own