Cartography
May 10, 2012 Spatial UnmappedCartography, DataGeographic maps aren’t the only means by which to communicate spatial information. These alternatives to communicating geographic information revise space so that a singular focal point emerges, unfettered by the standard depiction of spatial entities. The Quasi-Map Styles I like to refer to as quasi-maps are data visualizations that evoke geographic patterns but don’t adhere ... read more April 30, 2012 How To Make Area Cartogram Maps in ArcGISCartographyIf you have data with disparate values between areas, making an area cartogram is an effective way to map out those values. Unfortunately, making area cartogram maps within ArcGIS can’t been done natively so external scripts and programs are needed. In this article, I review one ToolBox that is available from Esri’s Arcscript’s site called ... read more April 29, 2012Interactive Maps of BillionairesMaps, Web MappingShown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables. The first map shows a gradient map of the world’s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country. The second map shows a heat map of the world’s billionaire’s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location). The third map shows the individual ... read more April 27, 2012 Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and ResidencyCartography, GIS NewsForbes recently released an updated list of the world’s billionaires. The listing contains the ranking for 1,226 individuals and families who’s net worth as of March of 2012 was 1 billion USD or more. Since the listings contained both a country of citizenship and residence, this allows for a peek at the geography of billionaires. ... read more April 24, 2012 Area Cartogram Maps ExploredCartographyArea cartograms are maps of non-absolute space where the areal extent is in proportion to some measured value. Cartograms retain a partially accurate relative location and relative space, but the actual area of the individual polygons features are overrepresented or underrepresented based on the assigned values. Area cartograms are useful for visualizing relativity based on ... read more April 12, 2012 Mapping Emancipation Events during the Civil WarData, MapsUniversity of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, with Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, has launched “Visualizing Emancipation,” the first interactive map showing the end of American slavery during the U.S. Civil War. The application displays more than 3,000 geographically tagged emancipation events, such as reports of African Americans helping the Union, fugitive slave notices, ... read more March 31, 2012 Interactive Map of Heavy Metal Bands By Country Per CapitaMapsWhere are heavy metal bands the most dense when compared against a country’s total population? The original static map (shown below) was created by Reddit user depo_s who took the listing of bands by country from the Encyclopaedia Metallum and calculated the number of bands per 100,000 people using numbers from the CIA World Factbook. The nordic ... read more March 30, 2012 Mapping the World at NightMapsSaturday March 31st at 8:30pm local time everywhere will mark Earth Hour. For one hour, millions will switch off their lights as a way to come together to demonstrate the need to take action on climate change. Why at night? The increase of energy consumption worldwide can be visualized through the comparison of night light ... read more March 22, 2012 Mapping Access to Safe WaterData, MapsWorld Water Day is held on March 22 each year as a way to bring global attention to the world’s freshwater resources. Started by the United Nations, the theme for this year’s World Water Day is Water and Food Security. Access to clean water is not just necessary for hydration, but is needed to produce ... read more March 16, 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Maps and GeographyMapsSt. Patrick’s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them. Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland’s birthday, March 17th has transcended its religious origins and become a day to wear green, speak in a fake Irish brogue, and eating corned beef. Of course, the Dempsey in me ... read more |
