Subject: ‘map’
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 May 6, 2011 Cartographic ResourcesCartography, Link LibraryLearn how to really display your spatial information and create well designed, informative maps. Access this collection of resources on how to display colors, create an amazing layout, and what information to show. What’s in a Map? What really makes a map? Find out the required elements that should be placed on all maps you ... read more August 15, 2007Basics of a MapCartographyA map is almost universally a two-dimensional representation of a piece of three-dimensional space. Only with the advent of modern computer graphics were three-dimensional maps made possible. Maps serve two map functions; they are a spatial database and a communication device. The science of making maps is called cartography. Basic map characteristics tell the reader where an ... read more |
