Univariate Choropleth Maps

http://oliverobrien.co.uk/category/geodemographics/



This is a univariate map because it only shows one set of data. This shows where houses are located.

unclassed choropleth map

http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/support/user_guides/gisoverview.asp



This map depicts the fertility rates for countries in Europe. Unclassed choropleth maps are choropleth maps on a much larger scale; the scales are not small enough to depict an accurate numbers, but rather present it where much of the country or area falls in the same interval.

Classed Choropleth Maps

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Choro/



This map show the ratio of males to females in the united states and Puerto Rico. This is a classed choropleth map because it  uses smaller intervals to portray the data.

PLSS map

http://www.fairview-industries.com/standardmodule/mn-exmpl.htm

 

PLSS Maps are created from the Public Land Survey System, which divides the land of the United States into ownership. This map shows the presentational use of cadastral information.                    

 

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Nominal Area Choropleth Maps

http://andrewgelman.com/2007/10/some_cool_graph/



This is a Nominal Area Choropleth map because it depict nominal data where the data is quantitive and random. This is a map of the political party selections per each state based upon the poor voters.

DOQQ

http://www.crwr.utexas.edu/gis/gishydro00/Class/trmproj/Donnelly/termproject.htm




This is a DOQQ because it was delevoleped from raster images from aerial photos. This particular picture above is a red colored DOQQ of a 500 year flood plain.

Index Value plot

http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?m=real&r=nc&w=real%2Cplot



This map shows the average streamflow index in north carolina between october and november. The value of comparison is 4. This qualifies as a Index value plot because the index is plotted instead of using an actual number. This type of plot gives a comparison, or normal, in order to base the values off of

DEM

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



This is the 3D image of the tithonium chasma on mars. This is a DEM because it is the 3D image of a terrain

Doppler Radar

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/?n=event-200606_alberto



This is an example of a doppler radar because it uses the doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. this map shows a storm in the tallahassee area. the different colors denote the serverity of wind.

LIDAR

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100520-ancient-maya-city-belize-science-pictures/



This is a LIDAR map because it uses lasers to bounce off the ground and contruct what was there before the growth of trees took over. This map reveals the Mayan city in Belize.

Isohyets

http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad2/highlights/2004/06/crop_watch/w040618/index.htm



This map shows the area more appropriate for growing crops in china and japan. Isohyets like this are maps of that connect precipitation levels over an area.

DRG map

http://www.nettally.com/biernack/boggybay.htm



This map shows a DRG of Bobby Bay, Florida and surrounding areas.  This graphic makes it possible to find geographic coordinates for a particular location.

DLG

http://limnology.wisc.edu/lake_information/mendota/mendota.html



The lines in this map representing depth in meters of Lake Mendota. A data line graph (DLG) is a type of hydrographic map. This qualifies as a DLG because data is stored as lines (arcs), points, and areas (polygons).

Proportional Circle Map

http://www.cas.sc.edu/hist/ovalofficetapes/cuban%20missile%20crisis.htm



Here is a proportional circle map of the expected range and reach of the Soviet's nuclear missiles based in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.   This is a proportional circle map because it shows the actual effected are using circles as a visual aid to emphasize and depict the variables effect.

Black and White Aerial Photo

http://www.flahumforms.org/FloridaDream/index.htm


 

Black and white aerial photos such as this could be taken from a plane, helicopter or balloon. Many suburbs of central and southern Florida were once part of the wetlands of the Florida Everglades. Though uses of canals such as this and various other methods, developers were able to drain much of the swamp land to make way for new subdivisions, golf courses, and outlet malls. Once most of the Everglades was retired in Florida, the snowbirds followed.

Bilateral Graph

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article22616.html




This bilateral graph displays the difference between the annual population change (growth) and the new houses built in the United Kingdom (decline). Bilateral graphs like this are used to show the rise and decline of two variables in opposite trends.

Nominal area choropleth map

https://courseware.e-education.psu.edu/courses/geog482/policies.shtml



This shows the distribution of minorites with the higher percent of state population not including whites that are not hispanic. A nominal area choropleth map is a thematic map that displays areal data where different colors or patterns are used to data apart

Lorenz curve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenz_curve_of_Denmark,_Hungary,_and_Namibia.png


 A Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the cumulative distribution function of the empirical probability distribution of wealth. This graph shows the wealth of Denmark, Hungry, Namibia in relation to one another.

Cartographic animations

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog860/l8_p6.html




This show the affect of flooding on the Rocky Mount, NC area. A cartophaphic animation map uses animation to show the geographic change such as in the image above

Scatter Plot

http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/scatter.htm


A scatter plot is a line made of dots where the average can be assumed by placing a line of best fit. This is an example of what a dot plot would look like where the the correlation is close to one, showing that the points closely resemble a line.

Population profile

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/



This population profile shows the number of men and women in different age groups in comparison to one another. The map shows that the majority of the population or between the age of 20 and 30 for both the men and the women. a Population profile is a chart showing the number of people as a function of their ages

Climograph

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/climograph.html




this is a graphical representation of basic climatic parameters, that is monthly average temperature and precipitation, at a certain location. This map shows the temperature associated with the inches of rain in Moose Factory, Canada

Windrose

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


 This shows the wind speed in the different directions. This is a windrose because it is graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location

Triangular plot

http://www.lithoprobe.ca/media/slideset/slides/tools20.asp



A barycentric plot on three variables which sum to a constant. This map shows proccess of mantle magma into calc-alkaline and tholelltic

Parallel coordinate graph

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/perspective/v18n2p15.htm




this map depicts alcohol consumption where the darker lines denote more concumption of liquor.
Parallel coordinates is a common way of visualizing high-dimensional geometry and analyzing multivariate data. It is used to show a set of points in an n-dimensional space, a backdrop is drawn consisting of n parallel lines.

Histogram

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/histograms.html




This is a histogram because it is the graphical representation of a distribution of data. This graph shows the number of people the range between the five age ranges.

Box plot

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/boxplot.htm


This is a box plot because it has a box of the three quartiles and the lines going out to the outliers. the graph show the average of the energy of the four different machines

Correlation matrix

http://www.psychstat.missouristate.edu/multibook/mlt07m.html


This is a correlation matrix because it gives the correlation between all pairs of data sets. This matrix show the correlation between age, gender, and the nine other attributes.

Topographic map

http://mail.colonial.net/~hkaiter/topographic_maps.html



This is a topographic map because it is characterized by a large scale and quantitative representation of relief usually using contour lines. This map shows the contour lines that follow the terrain.

Thematic map

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



This is a thematic map because it shows the particular theme connected with a specific geographical area. this map is the first chart to show lines of equal magnetic variation in showing the variations of the compass in 1701

Cadastral maps

http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/CadastralMapProject.html


The Austrian Stable Cadastral Survey of the 1830s to 1860s consisted of records and extremely detailed maps showing the smallest parcels of land, individual yards, houses, barns, roads, field plots, synagogues and even large trees. This is a cadastral map because it is a legal map recording ownership of property.

Star plot

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/starplot.htm

 

This shows the analysis of 16 cars based on mileage, head room and other attitributes the denote the worth of a vehicle. This is a star plot because it has spokes the represent one variable. The data length of a spoke is proportional to the size of the variable for the data point relative to the maximum magnitude of the variable across all data points. A line is drawn connecting the data values for each spoke making the figure resemble a star.

Hypsometric maps

http://www.earthexplorer.com/2009-03/Subsurface_Geology_Challenges_Goiania_Metro.asp



This is a hypsometric map because the topography involving a color sequence filling the spaces between successive contours, usually varying from green through yellow. This map shows the geologyy challanges in Goiania where the different colors denote elevation levels.

Propaganda maps

http://www.historum.com/general-history/9905-propaganda-maps.html



This a propoganda map because map is distorted to persuade people to feel a certain way. This map is propoganda to the was between japan and russia where russia was depicted as an octopus..

Dot distribution maps

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/new_jersey/where_do_they_live_and_what_do_they_do.htm




This map shows the density of people in the state for a range with each dot representing 500 people. this qualifies as a dot distribution map because it uses dots to show the distribution of people in the region.

Isoline maps

http://regentsprep.org/regents/earthsci/units/mapping/topographic.cfm



this map shows the concentration of gas in that location. This is an example of an isoline map because it connects points of the same value with a line.

Isopleths Map

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/T0446E/T0446E06.htm




this map is an example of what an isopleth map looks like and how it can be created. . The point-values are located, the critical isopleth of value 70 is interpolated, with the aid of crosses placed between pairs of values at a distance proportional to the value of each; other isopleths are similarly interpolated; a system of density shading is applied for clarity between the isopleths.

Stem and leaf plot

http://www.discover6sigma.org/post/2005/12/statistics-simplified/



This stem and leaf plot shows the average delivery time of a raw pizza. This qualifies as a stem and leaf plot because it has a stem where the whole seconds are located on the stem side and on the right side of the line decimal points are showed which is the leaf side.

Similarity Matrix

http://www.fxpal.com/?p=eventDetector




The similarity matrix above shows how a collection of 512 photographs relate temporal and content similarity. This qualifies as a similarity matrix because it shows the similarity between twi data points through a graphic representation of scores

Mental Map

http://www.fedstats.gov/kids/mapstats/concepts_mentalmaps.html



This is a mental map. This map is an example of how a child visually displays Nottingham City Centre inside their mind. This qualifies as a mental map because nothing was used to provide an exact scale of where everything is. This child just thought off the top of their head where every place was in relation to another.

Bivariate choropleth

http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap171/p171.htm





This map show the different counties in Ohio and the median value of their home values in different areas. As the color gets darker the value increases in the area. The trend in the map is that the majority of the homes in the state of Ohio are between 44501 and 56700.