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Types of Maps

Types of Maps. Akwete McAlister September 2, 2008 Thank Ms McAlister . A Cartogram.

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Types of Maps

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  1. Types of Maps Akwete McAlister September 2, 2008 Thank Ms McAlister

  2. A Cartogram • Is a map in which space is distorted to feature a particular attribute. Ex) Population, Natural Increase Rate, Number of cars in Population. See State of World Atlas pages 26 & 27, 34 & 35, and 76 & 77. Check at the maps at http://www.worldmapper.org.

  3. Cartograms

  4. Cartograms

  5. A Choropleth • A predefined aerial thematic map that shows certain attributes of an area in a graded color series. Ex) # of College Students, # of Native Americans, Political Systems. See State of World Atlas pages 12 & 13, 18 & 19, most of the maps in this text.

  6. Choropleth

  7. Choropleth Map: Which causes more gas emissions rearing cattle or driving cars? http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

  8. A Dot Map • Is also a thematic map that uses dots to show a particular feature. One dot can represent any number of features and will be explained on each map. We will see this map when we look at population heartbeat film.

  9. Dot Map: Wireless Networking

  10. Isoline Map • Is also a thematic map with continuous lines joining points of the same value.

  11. Isoline MapThe Genetic Map of Europe

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