Isabella's Maps: December 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Nominal area choropleth map

http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/355/africa_political.gif

Nominal area choropleth map displays nominal data.

Unstandardized choropleth map

http://www.sfu.ca/unigis/images/price10.jpg

Unstandardized choropleth map uses raw numbers and the datd is not average on display.

Standardized choropleth map

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2008003/figures/figure3.1-en.jpg

Standardized compares distribution in different locations and also only shows one specific set of data.

Univariate choropleth map

http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/purple_america_2004_small.gif

Univariate choropleth map displays a single data set using different colors and shades.

Bivariate choropleth map

http://www.pop.psu.edu/images/gia/maps/changeanim.gif

Bivariate choropleth map display two different variables displayed on a map using different colors.

http://www.nass.usda.gov/research/atlas02/Crops/Vegetables%20and%20Melons%20Harvested/Vegetables,%20Acres%20Harvested%20for%20Sale-choropleth%20map.gif

Unclassed choropleth map dos not use range grade data.

classed choropleth map

http://www.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Choro/map-AmFact-6eqint-orange-80pct.jpg

classed choropleth map is uses color and shading to determine the value mapped.

choropleth map

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/images/BP%2520Maps6_tcm97-50746.jpe

Choropleth map is a thematic map in which areas are colored and shaded in different proportions.

DOQQ

http://www.tetonwyo.org/GIS/metadata/DOQQ.JPG

DOQQ provides a image of an area and its elevations.

Bilateral graph

http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/New%20Images/Growth%20in%20bilateral%20humanitarian%20assistance%202005-2006%20copy.jpg

Bilateral graph display positive data and peak on one side and negative on the other. This type of graph is used to observe positive and negative effects.

Lorenz curve

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/oxford/Oxford_Geography/0198606737.lorenz-curve.1.jp

Lorenz curve shows a distribution of a variable against each other.

Star Plot

http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/icons/sugi16/staraut2.gif

Star Plots are perspective charts of 3D stars.

Correlation Matrix

http://www.kltprc.net/policynotes/Gifs/Tab_005A_4.gif

Correlation Matrix describes correlation between variables.

Similarity Matrix

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/figures/1471-2164-8-353-5-l.jpg

Similarity matrix is a matrix of scores that shows similarities between two data points.

Stem Leaf Plot

http://mainland.cctt.org/mathsummer/JosephBond/StemAndPlots/images/table2.gif

Stem and Leaf plot serves as a way to display that organizes data to reveal its shape and distribution.

Box Plot

http://www.epa.gov/volunteer/stream/images/fig64.jpg

Box plot serves to summarize a set of data and it is usually used as an exploratory data analyzes.

Histogram

http://www.daisy2000.com/Daisy2003/HorizontalHistogram.gif

Histogram is graphed in bars and the most used graph to tabulate different frequencies and such.

Parallel Coordinate graph

http://www.rebeccashapley.com/assignments/is247/images/woodratOutliers.jpg

Parallel coordinate graph is when all of the date is plotted in one graph so that one can see the entire dimension and all observations.

Triangular plot

http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/tmp/talk-2004-06-15/end-of-2003.png

Triangular plot displays information in a form of triangle

Windrose

http://www.climate.washington.edu/windrose/Olympia-WindRose.jpg

Wind rose monitors the relative frequency of the wind. In the center of the wind sore it shows how many days were calm.

Climograph

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/geog101/images/09_climograph_BSh.gif

Climograph is a graph used to plot precipitation. In this case it graphs the precipitation monthly.

Population profile

http://www.coventry.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/image/?image_id=1660022

Population profile is a chart showing male and female as a function of their ages.

Scatter plot

http://cnx.org/content/m10949/latest/age_scatterplot.gif

Scatter plot evaluates two different variables, measuring its differences and similarities.

Index Value plot

http://www.cmis.csiro.au/rsm/research/remveg/FIG9.jpg

Index Value plot is a type of visualization map, plotted on line map.

DEM

http://earth.esa.int/satelliteimages/753/DEM_ACE_30sec_RA_or.jpg

DEM - digital elevation model is a digital representation of ground surface that shows elevations areas. This picture shows a DEM of the world.

DLG

http://edc.usgs.gov/images/dlg.gif

DLG are digital line graph that draws a digital map of designated areas.

DRG

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/gis/images/drg.gif

DRG is topographical maps covering desired area.

Isopleths

http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/isopleths/maps2003/cldep.gif

Isopleths are connecting points that have a equal variable at a given time and place.

Isopach

https://www.republicenergy.com/Articles/Barnett_Shale/Isopach_Barnett_Shale.jpg

Isopach are counter lines that display thickness of a rock or sediment.

Isohyets

http://soer.justice.tas.gov.au/2003/image/265/water%20quantity/m-ilw_quantity_rainfall-l.gif

Isohyets are lines connecting at equal points of elevation. In this picture the colors are different elevations.

Isotachs

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/media/images/reallybigwinds.gif

Isotachs are lines in weather maps connecting points of equal wind speed.

Isobars

http://z.about.com/d/german/1/0/1/J/aWetteurfronts.jpg

Isobars are lines in weather maps connecting points of equal pressure.

LIDAR

siteground168.com/.../Ground_Zero_Lidar.jpg

LIDAR collects topographic data ad it also can measure distance, speed, rotation and etc. This is a picture of Ground Zero in New York City.

Doppler radar

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/claudette-radar071503-1536z.jpg

Doppler radar detects tornadoes and hurricanes activities and also documents its activity and previews destination areas.

Black and White aerial photo

http://freegeographytools.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/doq-thumb.jpg

Black and white aerial photo shows a landscape from an aerial perspective but in black and white.

Infrared aerial photo

http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library/gis_data/aerial_photos/1994_illinois_river_72dpi/la_grange/187-013-lg-1994.jpg

Infrared Aerial Photo is a way to identify differences in the environment and its actual state as well.

Cartographic animation

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/carbin/katrina/kat5_1945.gif

Cartographic animation is used to visualize a phenomenon that would be apparent if it was viewed individually. This is a picture of hurricane Katrina.

Statistical map

http://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02

Statistical maps gives the statistic of an attribute in different times. In this map is shows the population of Michigan's income dropping overtime.

Cartogram

blog.nickj.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/wik

Cartogram is a thematic map that represents distorted areas in proportion to the attribute value.

Flow Map

www.metrokc.gov/airport/pilots/noise_chart.jpg

Flow map shows movements of objects from one location to another. This flow map represents the king county international airport flight tracking.

Isoline map

www.unu.edu/.../unupbooks/80157e/80157E0T.GIF

Isoline map contains continues line that are used to represent a 3d image in a 2d representation.

Proportional circle map

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.neiu.edu/~jrthomas/377/circle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.neiu.edu/~ejhowens/377/examples.htm&usg=__74j5gvuGOBKd2EeZDxUWa-X0O54=&h=584&w=678&sz=118&hl=en&start=11&um=1&tbnid=-Wjkl8dbn8ZEYM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=139&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dproportional%2Bcircle%2Bmap%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Proportional circle maps are used to represent the percentage of a certain thing in different areas. In this case it shows the percentage of houses built before 1940 in different states.

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