Thursday, March 24, 2011

Isoline maps

This is an Isoline map because it shows areas that have temperature. The map creates regions of common temperature which are fundamental in isoline maps.

Proportional circle maps

This is a Proportional circle map of Mexican population in the west. The larger the circle, the larger the population is in that state.
http://www.neiu.edu/~jrthomas/377/circle.jpg

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Choropleth maps


http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/gis/choropleth_maps_files/election04_vs_crime03b.jpg This is a Choropleth map because it shows the election results and crime. This Choropleth map shows data that allows the reader to understand elections and crime.

Dot distribution maps


http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/mlm/votemap.jpg This map use dots to show the distribution of voting by counties. The dot size depend on the number of victory and the total number of votes a candidate received.

Propaganda maps

This is an Propaganda map because it is sending off two messages. This maps show that the USA, and the USSR are two big global powers, fighting for global domination. This map is try to show that the USSR is a threat to the USA.

http://kuoest.wordpress.com/



Thursday, February 17, 2011

Hypsometric maps


This is an elevation map of France. The key of this map is the way it looks 3D on a 2D surface. The rivers look like they are carved into the piece of paper.

PLSS


PLSS divied the land into squares by laying a baseline. This is a PLSS map of Wisconsin with the two baselines in red and the additional square that are base on these lines.