Univariate Choropleth Maps

Link Here This type of map only shows one type of variable. This map is showing an explanation of distributing gallons of gas over each state.

Standardized Choropleth Maps

Link Here This map uses the population density of certain area to arrange data. The map also uses quantiles to seperate information.

Dot Distribution Map

Link Here Dot Distribution maps use dots to plot data over a certain field. This map used the United States as its field with blue dots of different size. The data was taken for the number of cell phone towers in the area.

Planimetric Map

Link Here This type of map is a 2D overhead view over a certain area of land. The color depends on the person who makes the map. The one above shows a place called the Soho Foundry. There are multiple buildings of different sizes and shapes. This map also seems almost hand written.

Cadastral Map

Link Here The Cadastral Map above gives a break down of survey done over certain area of land. Usually these types of maps are used in real estate to find houses, or to set boundaries for each house's property.

Isolines

Link Here Isolines are those that map equal areas of data. That could be anything from distance to weather.

Isopleths

Link Here This type of map is associated with meteorology. This particular map is showing radial velocities in the galaxy. The colors give good idea on the heat given off by the velocity.

Range Graded Proportional Circle Map

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This type of map uses circles with there own data. These numbers are set out over a range.

Continuously variable Proportional Circle Map

Link Here This type of map, like it says in the name, is always changing. The one above graphs the german ancestry population in 1990 in Chicago. This probably has changed somewhat since then. Even the following year could have been different.

Star Plot

Link Here Star plots are another way to graph certain data. In this case the creator put together multiple star plots to show the buying and use of certain automobiles in 1979.

Stem and Leaf Plot

Link Here A stem and leaf plot is used mainly in math classes as another way of understanding data. The number on the left is the first number, and the number on the right is the second.

Box plot

Link Here The box plot above shows four machines and gives a number of the energy output they have. This type of map uses quartiles to depict data.

Population Profile

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This profile is showing the number of people with and without AIDS. Those in the light blue do not have AIDS and those in the blue do. The plotted this with the population in the thousands.

Parallel Coordinate Map

Link Here This type of map plots multiple data groups along parallel lines. This map is 3D and is mapping cells and nine genes. The range is helpful becuase of the different colors and large number range.

Cartographic Animations

Link Here The above animations show the cancer deaths in Nebraska seperated by county in 1996. If you move your cursor over a county you can see the animation. These types are made to be more interactive and be more creative then normal maps.

Infrared Aerial Photo

Link Here The infrared photo above shows an area of California from an aerial view. These types of photos are similar to the black and white photos. But, they are used to show land the red portions, and bodies of water which are the darker blue colors. The more red they are the more people or activities are there.

Black and White Aerial Photo

Link Here The black and white aerial photo above is of an interchange in Baltimore. This type of photo is used to show the darker plants and forest areas. While the lighter areas are usable places such as buildings.

LIDAR

Link Here This LIDAR map is of ground zero on September 11,2001. This was joint effort by the military to show the buildings fall. They were taken by NOAA by their aerial photos. The photo above is a zoomed out version of many of the other pictures on the site.

Lorenz Curve

Link Here The Link Curve above shows how the cumulative percentage of population correlates with the percentage of income. The curve is equally distributed and then that the percentages being equal at 25% each the last quarter of population has an uneven amount of the cumulative income percentage at 70%.

Classed Choropleth Map

Link Here This map brings a data across a set area into map form. The map above shows the number of men per 100 women. According to the Census in 2000, the states of Nevada and Alaska have the highest percentage.

Nominal Area Choropleth Map

Link Here This map shows a category of people who own condos. The highest areas are in Southern California. The reason I chose this is that it is a small area and and creates a easy to understand nominal area.

Unstandardized Choropleth Map

Link Here This type of choropleth map takes data and puts together onto the map. The reason it is different is that the stats are not averaged. In this particular map they have mapped the fertility rate from 2000-2005 for all major countries. As can be seen in the map, the highest fertility rate was in countries found in Africa, and southern Asia.

Bivariate Choropleth Map

Link Here This map shows both the rural population in blue, and the population percentage under the age of 18 in pink or red. The reason this type of map is interesting is that it combines to different data groups into one map. To help distinguish between the two, they colored the two different data groups with a drastic color differences.

Propaganda Map

Link Here This propaganda map is showing the rise of Nazi Germany from the eyes of the German government. As you can see the Nazi party wanted everyone to know they could and would spread as far as they could possibly until they covered the globe. Propaganda maps are used to give people a global idea of what a certain group wants to spread or have become known.

DOQQ map

Link Here The DOQQ map is used to combine the use of aerial photography and computer generated information. Usually this type of map is seperated into quads. This helps to better understand the data.

DLG map

Link Here The DLG map above is showing, according to the website, an example of the state lines of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It also includes roads, trails, and national parks. DLG stands for Digital Line Graph. The multiple lines of color and length show the different areas of the map, such as rivers and roads.

DRG map

Link Here The DRG map above is showing a region of Michigan. DRG stands for Digital Raster Graphics, this means that the graph was changed from a topographic map by use of a computer. You can tell that the similarities between the two types are numerous. Components such as relief, and the differences in land and water are still shown.

DEM map

Link Here This DEM map is of a location in Hawaii atop the observatory on Mauna Kea. DEM stands for Digital Elevation Model, this type of model shows a 3D model of a chosen terrain. The land chosen, because it is in 3D, is shown with relief.

PLSS map

Link Here The PLSS map above shows the states included in the map. PLSS stands for Public Land Survey System. The way that this map is set up anyone could understand because not only are the states that are used colored blue, they are also shown with their state lines around them unlike the other states. This could be seen clearly in the Northeast. The PLSS is used to divide the land that is publicly domained.

Proportional Cricle Map

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This map gives us information on the internet use of coutries in Europe. The bigger the dark green circle is within its country the more use.

Billateral Graph

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This Bilateral Graph shows the job performance of China, asked to people in three different regions. The graph shows three different levels of approval. They are approve, disapprove, or refused to comment. I thought that was intresting that in Asia the level of approval and refusal or almost equal to each other. Also that the level of approval was so high in the sub-saharan region of Africa was high also caught my eye. I like this type of graph because all of the information is shown on the same graph all right next to each other.

Climograph

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The Climograph above is showing the both the average temperture and rainfall in Moscow, Russia. This graph is very easy to read because of its small amount of data points and the large writing surrounding the bars.

Index Value Plot

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This index value plot is showing the level of a recession in relation to the year that it occurred. This map is easy to understand becuase the are not a large amount of data points to plot. The author also decided to highlight the lowest points of the recession in 2001 and 2008 continuing into 2009.

Correlation Matrix

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The correlation matrix is very comparable to the similarity matrix. The correlation matrix compares chosen variables by the matrix's creator. As stated by the title of the matrix states that this is descriptive statistics.

Similarity Matrix

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 This similarity matrix gives us the ability to understand a certain set of numbers. The authors had their reasons for these numbers, and they did an excellent job of creating a simple matrix for us to understand.

Choropleth Map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choropleth_map

This Choropleth map shows both the total population and the population density of Boston Massachusetts in 2000. The way the map is set up is that there were specific block groups that the Census used to find their numbers. This map is interesting because of how they specify the different maps but use them to compare one another. One change I would make is to maybe have one map one group of colors and the other a completely different set of colors.

Hypsometric Map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsometric_tints This hypsometric map is one of the ocean basin in the Atlantic Ocean. Because of where and when it was made, the USS Dolphin in 1836, it is very simple. We have come a long way since the. But, this map gives us a good idea of how deep it is to the bottom of the ocean.

Mental Map

http://live-the-solution.com/mindmaps/
This mental map is giving words and pictures to the idea of solving global warming. This is a good way to convey this type of map, because of the multiple different avenues the mind can take to solve a problem. Then those ideas branch off into even more ideas. This particular map would be a good way to teach young kids the idea of global warming, and mapping ideas, because of the use of color and pictures.

Histogram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram This Histogram shows the travel time in minutes, using a thousand people over  period of one minute intervals. Because of the small amount of data the histogram is easy to read. One problem I have with it is that the color could be brighter and more noticeable.

Flow Map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_map This flow map shows the wine exports of France in 1864. The reason I chose this map is because it is very easy to understand because of its gray continents combined with the brownish hue for the flow of the exports.

Thematic Map

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thematic_map

This map shows the injury rate in all countries from 2008. As you can tell Western Europe and Russia are the main areas with the highest number of injuries. The reason I chose this map is that it is recent and is easy to understand with the drastic color changes and simple and key.

Windrose

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/windrose.html
The windrose map above shows the April wind rose for Fresno, California. If you look at the map closely it shows that the wind is more towards the west and northwest. This specific map gives a lengthy time period, 30 years, as a time frame so to get as much data as possible.

Triangular Plot

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35312-matlab-plot-gallery-triangular-plot/content/html/Triangular_Plot.html On the website, Mathworks.com, this triangular plot was created from a point cloud. Both the picture and the information on the website gives a great example of how to create a triangular plot.

Dopplar Radar

Link Here This Dopplar Radar shows the current weather status of Tallahassee. This map is current as of Novemeber 18th. The weather seems to be on the rainy side, because if you look at the table the green on the radar is in the 4-12 inches of rain.

Isohyets

http://www.crwr.utexas.edu/gis/gishydro03/Classroom/trmproj/Martinez/Martinez.htm

This isohyets map shows the amount of rainfall in certain areas of Mexico. The yellow and red areas hae had less amounts of rainfall, compared to the blue portions which have had much more. 

Scatterplot

http://www.statmethods.net/graphs/scatterplot.html
This particular scatterplot shows the data for miles per gallon compared to car weight. The map conveys the fact that the heavier the car, the fewer miles your car will go per gallon of gas.

Isopachs

http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Isopach_map This Isopach map shows the thickness of a pertroleum reservior. This specfic reservior is in Louisiana. It shows the connection of different levels geological thickness.

Isobars

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=mapslast This map shows the highs and lows of the entire world over a given period. This is a good representation of isobars because it does a great job of seperating high and low pressure areas.

Cartograms

http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=41 The map above is cartogram map of fruit exports. The farther away from the middle of the map the more exporting is done. As you can see South America and Western Europe are the biggest exports. Data is as of 2002.

Topographic Map

http://usscouts.org/ha/philmont.asp

http://usscouts.org/ha/philmont.asp

This map is a topogrpahic map. The reason for this is that map shows multiple levels of relief. In the left upper corner there is the focus of the map Mount Baldy showing an even higher level of relief. The reason I chose to show this map was because when I was in high school, during the summer, I hiked this terrain with my boy scout troop.