Thematic Map Florida

http://www.elderweb.com/book/export/html/2872 

The map above is a thematic map of the southern half of Florida. This map shows the old people percent of the population of the given areas (Counties I believe). The darker greens represent high portions of the population and lighter greens represent smaller portions of the population.

Propaganda Map USSR

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/mapping/6434 

This propaganda map was pretty funny to me at first glance. What it made me think of was that its was trying to depict the way Russians see the world. It makes me think that Russians saw the world as a frontier to be captured from their home base.

Compound Bar Graph China

http://www.standardandpoors.com/ratings/articles/en/us/?assetID=1245193601252

This graph is a type of histogram that shows more than one observable variable at once per each variable being observed. The things being observed are the countries and the things being observed about them are the incomes in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Nominal Map USA

http://www.24point0.com/using-editable-ppt-products/maps-of-usa-states-capitals-and-major-cities/ 

This United States map shows us only a few things. It shows the boundaries of the land and the capital of each state. Both of these categories of data are nominal. That makes this a nominal map.

Isoline Chloropleth Map Canary Islands

https://www.soils.org/publications/jeq/articles/32/3/977 

This isoline chloropleth uses contour lines to group areas of land that have similar altitudes. This one in particular shows the regions of the island's distance above sea level converging to a high point, probably ab mountain.

Albers World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World-albers.png 

This world map is an Albers map. Using the Albers projection the distances between the landmasses are minimally distorted but the shapes and sizes of the landmasses are fairly distorted.

Mercator Map World

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

This is a Mercator world map. What is unique about Mercator maps like this world map is that the polar regions have size and shape distortions because the lines of longitude that converge at the poles don't converge in this type of projection so the landmasses seem larger than they actually are.

Animated Cartography

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

The map is a map of the coast of Indonesia. The trick is, its animated! This map displays the movement of water after an earthquake that caused a tsunami. Visualizing this movement would be difficult using standard cartographic methods but animation eliminates that problem in those kinds of situations.

Index Value Graph Woodlands

http://www.cmis.csiro.au/rsm/research/remveg/vegassess_all.html 

This Index Value plot is representative of the condition of a certain area of woodlands over time. The downward movement of lines across time represents the improvements in the condition and the upward changes in the index value represent a decline in the woodland condition.

Mental Map

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

This is a mental map of a an idea a person had for a city center. What mental maps like this do is render a visual representation of things that aren't actually tangible. This center has yet to be constructed so there is no real geographical representation that can be constructed, instead there is a way to render what is only so far real mentally.

Population Pyramid USA

http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/Age_distribution 

This graph is a population profile or population pyramid. What this one shows is the number of men and women in each age bracket in the United States in 1950 just about the time of the Baby Boom, note the tremendous number of people from 0-4 years old.

LIDAR NYC

 

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/911-maps.html

This visual representation of the post 9/11 Ground Zero site was rendered using laser imaging from an aerial view. This LIDAR image shows how the elevation of objects by detecting how far they are from a plane mounted laser flying over the area. Blue is closest and Red is most far. The image was used to find  rubble piles and heights in the smoke.

Proportional Circle Map- Continuously Variable France

 

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog486/book/export/html/1796 

This proportional circle map has continuously variable. It shows the amount of meat that was sent to each region of France represented by circles. The larger the circle, the more meat that was sent. The difference between the continuously variable circle map and the range graded one is that there aren't groups of data ranges that are represented by circle sizes. This serves as a more accurate vehicle for comparing the differences in the data.

Proportional Circle Map- Range Graded Europe

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/gis/proportional_symbols.html 

This is a proportional circle map of the European countries. What it displays is the number of people that use the internet. The larger the circle, the more internet users. The thing that makes this map range graded is that there are threshold type intervals for the circle sizes.

Dot Distibution Map Lake Erie

http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/name/oel/population_eff.htm

This map is shows the population of the areas around Lake Erie. Each yellow dot represents a specific number of people, in this case 2500. The areas that just seem like a cluster of yellow have tremendous numbers of 2500 person yellow dots in close proximity across a vast area.

DOQQ Nebraska

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/doqq.html 

This map of digital orthographic quarter quads covers the area of Johnson County, Nebraska. each of the the pixel regions are one meter by one meter and this particular image is in infrared vision.

Public Land Survey System Alaska

http://www.digitalpetrodata.com/page/products_alaska.htm 

This map is generated by a public land survey system. What is shows is the areas of land that are owned by private property owners, the federal government and the state of Alaska.

Digital Elevation Model Mars

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

 

This model is a digital rendering of the surface of Mars. What it is displaying is the variance in elevation of the surface buy using three dimensions. 

Lorenze Curve

http://www.unc.edu/depts/econ/byrns_web/Economicae/Figures/Lorenz.htm

 

This graph plots what is calculated to be perfect equity against a the lorenz curve, which represents the real income of the population. What it points out his how income is distributed unequally across the total population. 

Windrose

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/17748-windrose

This graphic is a windrose. What is displays is the wind speeds and in which direction these winds are blowing based on a compass rose.

Correlation Matrix Stock Market

http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/analytical-tools/benninga-correlation-matrix/

This graphic is of a correlation matrix that plots months of the year against the profitability of stock for popular companies in the stock market. The greater the positive correlation between the variables the greater the percentage.

Digital Line Graph South Carolina

 

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/GIS/descdlg.html

This digital map covers the area of Beuford, South Carolina. The graphic displays geographic areas, streets and municipal boundaries using lines that create the shapes these areas actually take.

Digital Raster Graphic Colorado River

http://www.tceq.texas.gov/gis/drg.html

This digital visualization of the Colorado River flowing through Texas is created with the use of pixels. That makes this map a digital raster graphic (DRG)

Star Plot Vehicle

http://personal.cscs.ch/~mvalle/Libro/immagini.html

 

This star plot represents the various qualities that are observed in a vehicle. The visual has a radii for each quality: trunk space, weight, fuel efficiency, etc. The greater the distance outward the blue box is placed on the radii the better the rating.

Similarity Matrix Amino Acids

http://cbrg.ethz.ch/Server/ServerBooklet/section2_14.html

The graphic above is a similarity score matrix that plots amino acids against each other. The more similar the two variables (each amino acid) is to its counterpart, the higher the score. This chart uses numbers, however, the use of colors with varying intensity or brightness are often used.

Black & White Aerial Photo Wrigley Field

http://www.horschgallery.com/addtocart2.aspx?pdctid=%C5%BEE

This photo is a black and white aerial photo of the renown Wrigley Baseball Field. There is no radiation to distort the shading of the objects in the photo unlike infrared imaging.

Box Plot China

http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/12/08-060426/en/

This box plot is a graphical representation of the percentage of people that had institutional births in different regions of China. The each box plot has a box which represents a range of data within in certain variance from the median which is represented by the line somewhere within the box. The lines that stem out from the represent data observation that stem out a different variance from the median and the dots represent observed data that are outliers.

Bathymetric Gulf of Mexico

http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/events/survey/gulf_of_mexico.html

This bathymetric map covers the water located in the Gulf of Mexico. It displays the depth of the water body at different contour levels. The darker blues represent deeper water and lighter blues represent the more shallow contour regions.

Hypsometric Map France

http://www.reliefshading.com/colors/hypsometric.html

This is a hypsometric map of France. This map shows the altitude variations of the region but instead of using contour lines it uses shading. The darker shades represent lower altitudes and lighter represent higher altitudes.

Bivariate Chloropleth USA

http://www.answers.com/topic/choropleth-map

 

This is a bivariate chloropleth map of the United States. The specific thing about a bivariate chloropleth map is that is displays data about two different subjects. This one shows the voter turnout of each state and the margin by which the winning candidate won that state in a presidential election.

Classed Chloropleth Europe

 

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

Unlike the previous map, this chloropleth map is classed. It shows a specific variable but it groups them in categories based on a range of results for each category. This specific map shows the fertility rates of European countries in 5 groups dark red is high and dark blue is low. 

Unclassed Chloropleth Europe

 

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2002/aber/aber3.html

The map above is an unclassed chloropleth map that displays the fertility rates in Europe. The reason this map is unclassed is because the regions are not grouped together, instead the legend is a spectrum that each area will fall upon. The darker oranges mean higher fertility and the lighter oranges mean lower fertility. 

Infrared Kansas

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2002/aber/aber3.html

This is an aerial photograph of Fort Lavenworth, Kansas. The special thing about this photo is that it is taken with infrared radiated light so the vegetation in ht area is a visibly reddish violet color.

SPOT Image Lybia

 

http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery/spot5-tripoli-libya-lg.html

This is a SPOT image generated by the Satellite Image Corporation. This image is of the Tripoli International Airport in Lybia.

Histogram Aerobics

http://www.mytestbook.com/worksheet.aspx?topics=Line%20Chart%20Histogram&subject=Math&grade=4&test_id=285

This histogram show the amount of people that sign up for an aerobics class based upon their age groups. The ages are displayed on the x-axis and the number of people that signed up are displayed on the y-axis.

Statistical Map Vietnam

http://www.icem.com.au/02_contents/06_materials/06-maps.htm

 

This 3D map shows the geographic regions of Vietnam and displays the population density of each region. The way it does is this is by raising the the height of the region based upon the population density. The higher the region is raised, the greater the population density.

Isohyet Australia

http://droughtsheatwaves.suite101.com/article.cfm/australian_drought_a_natural_cycle

This isohyet graph shows the regions of Australia grouped together by the amount of rainfall they get per year. The darker colored areas, to the north get more rainfall while the lighter colored areas represent the regions with lower levels of precipitation. 

Cartogram USA

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/A_D/climograph.html

This is a cartogram of the continental United States. This map depicts the population of the areas of the US. The greater the population the larger the area of the region. 

Climograph Memphis

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/A_D/climograph.html

This is a climograph of Memphis Tennessee. This graph shows the temperature in degrees Celsius and the height of precipitation in millimeters for each year out of the month. The line graph portion represent the temperature and the histogram portion represents the precipitation. 

Doppler Radar Florida

 

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2311.htm

This is a radar image generated from the Doppler radar. This image shows a geographic area, Florida in this case, and the current weather conditions facing the area. This particualar image shows Hurricane Frances hovering over the south and central areas of Florida's east coast.

Scatter Plot Spouse Age

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

This is a scatter plot that shows the relationship between the ages of husbands and wives. This graph shows what wife's ages are based on the age of their husband from empirical data. It shows that there is a linear relationship between the ages of husbands and wives.

Flow Map US/Mexico

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/04/the-mexican-connection/5725/

This is a flow map of the United States and Mexico. What this map shows is how people migrate from region to region. That arrows show popular routes from departure in Mexico to destination in America of migrants. It shows where in Mexico people come from and what parts of America those Mexicans migrate to.

Isobars East USA

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gl%29/guides/maps/sfcobs/cntr/wind.rxml

This isobar graph shows the eastern United States. What is shows us about this region is the air pressure of each region. Each line groups and area of land with similar air pressure and the wind patterns that correspond with the specific regions.

Stem & Leaf Plot Oswego

 

http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/math8/f/stemandleafl.cfm

  

This is a stem an leaf plot because it uses one side of the chart to represent the 10's place and the other side to represent the ones place that correspond to each 10's digit in a group of recorded numbers. In this case the data recorded were the high temperatures of the Oswego.

Isopleth USA

 

http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/water_nitro/water_and_nitrogen_cycles.htm

This map is shows isopleths that group geographic areas by pH and describe their sensitivity to variance in pH. The red areas are sensitive to pH variance and the purple is very sensitive. The lines separate areas of similar pH.

Isotach USA

http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/?p=2601

 This is and Isotach map of the United States. What this map shows is the wind power of various regions of the US. The winds powers are grouped together by similar power measures in which the darker blues represent higher power and the lighter blues represent weaker power.

Cadastral Map Nebraska

http://national.citysearch.com/profile/6509425/north_platte_ne/lincoln_cnty_cadastral_maps.html

 

This is a cadastral  map of Lincoln, Nebraska. This map shows the property regions of each of the groups of lots on each of the streets in the given area of the city. Each white or yellow line represents a street. Between these lines are groups of property lots.

Thematic Map Italy

http://mapas.owje.com/maps/8537_italy-industry-map.html

This is a thematic map of Italy because it shows a specific subject about the area. This map shows the major cities in the nation and what industries are utilized in them. Each city has a pie chart that shows the percentage of the city that is focused on each industry.

Topographic Map Jamaica

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simple_topographic_map_of_Jamaica.png

 

This is a topographic map of Jamaica. This map shows the variations in altitude in the different regions of the island. The green represents the areas that are lower altitudes while the orange is higher as it gets darker. The white area in the east is the highest altitude.