Saturday, April 23, 2011

Cartograms

Cartograms
Cartograms turns a thematic mapping variable into a value for land area or distance, distorting the space so it can convey a different meaning for this alternate variable. There are two main types of cartograms- area and distance cartograms. Above is an example of an area cartogram of the United States, which shows each county rescaled in proportion to its population. 

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