<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; Cartography</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/cartography/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:10:07 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Spatial Unmapped</title><link>http://gislounge.com/spatial-unmapped/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/spatial-unmapped/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alternatives to maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[election mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hexagon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[March of 1812]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Minard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[population graphs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10858</guid> <description><![CDATA[Geographic maps aren&#8217;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&#8217;t adhere [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/spatial-unmapped/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How To Make Area Cartogram Maps in ArcGIS</title><link>http://gislounge.com/how-to-make-area-cartogram-maps-in-arcgis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/how-to-make-area-cartogram-maps-in-arcgis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:28:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[arcgis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[area cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartogram maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[contiguous cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dorling carto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[how to]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[non-contiguous cartogram]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10813</guid> <description><![CDATA[If 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&#8217;t been done natively so external scripts and programs are needed.  In this article, I review one ToolBox that is available from Esri&#8217;s Arcscript&#8217;s site called [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/how-to-make-area-cartogram-maps-in-arcgis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Interactive Maps of Billionaires</title><link>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:46:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires 2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires by city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[billionaires by country]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forbes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Fusion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world billionaires]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10801</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables.  The first map shows a gradient map of the world&#8217;s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country.  The second map shows a heat map of the world&#8217;s billionaire&#8217;s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location).  The third map shows the individual [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/interactive-maps-of-billionaires/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and Residency</title><link>http://gislounge.com/geography-of-billionaires-mapping-nationalities-and-residency/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/geography-of-billionaires-mapping-nationalities-and-residency/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forbes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google fusion tables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interactive maps of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of billionaires]]></category> <category><![CDATA[where do billionaires live]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10751</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forbes recently released an updated list of the world&#8217;s billionaires.  The listing contains the ranking for 1,226 individuals and families who&#8217;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. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/geography-of-billionaires-mapping-nationalities-and-residency/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Area Cartogram Maps Explored</title><link>http://gislounge.com/area-cartograms-explored/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/area-cartograms-explored/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:52:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartographic techniques]]></category> <category><![CDATA[contiguous cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Demers cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dorling cartogram]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erwin Raisz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[free cartogram tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[non-contiguous cartogram]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10698</guid> <description><![CDATA[Area 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/area-cartograms-explored/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping Emancipation Events during the Civil War</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:36:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Azavea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[civil war maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[emancipation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10231</guid> <description><![CDATA[University 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, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-emancipation-events-during-the-civil-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Interactive Map of Heavy Metal Bands By Country Per Capita</title><link>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fusion Tables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heavy Metal Band]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Per Capita]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9965</guid> <description><![CDATA[Where are heavy metal bands the most dense when compared against a country&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/map-of-heavy-metal-bands-by-country-per-capita/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping the World at Night</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[city lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[earth hour 2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of night lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of world lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[night lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nighttime lights data]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9956</guid> <description><![CDATA[Saturday 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-the-world-at-night/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mapping Access to Safe Water</title><link>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freshwater Stress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[safe water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USGS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[water maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world water day]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9880</guid> <description><![CDATA[World Water Day is held on March 22 each year as a way to bring global attention to the world&#8217;s freshwater resources.  Started by the United Nations, the theme for this year&#8217;s World Water Day is Water and Food Security.  Access to clean water is not just necessary for hydration, but is needed to produce [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/mapping-access-to-safe-water/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Maps and Geography</title><link>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1890 Irish census]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography of St. Patrick's Day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Irish maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of Irish surnames]]></category> <category><![CDATA[U.S. Census]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9793</guid> <description><![CDATA[St. Patrick&#8217;s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them.  Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/st-patricks-day-maps-and-geography/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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