Bivariate choropleth map

http://www.geocities.com/stevejford/Africa_Choropleth.jpg

This bivariate choropleth map is of Africa and shows the land use, life expectancy and GNP per capita in Africa for the year of 1989. The country names are not labeled and the map only provides high level general information.

Nominal area choropleth map

http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/images/map_of_macedonia.jpg

The nominal area choropleth map displayed above is used to display nominal data. This map is of the southern Balkins and is used to show quantitative differences.  

Isoline Map

http://www.unc.edu/depts/oceanweb/turtles/juvenilemap/EarthMF.html

Isoline map have continuous lines joining points of the same value. The map here shows the isolines of magnetic field inclination along the east coast of the U.S.

Box plot

http://water.epa.gov/type/rsl/monitoring/vms62.cfm

Box plot maps are used to summarize a set of data. The map above displays scores from site samples of a creek. Box plot maps are also known as Whisker Plots.   

Parallel coordinate graph

http://www.matthewtavares.com/baseball_report/graph_allteams.bmp

Parallel coordinate graphs use parallel coordinates to show statistics. This type of graph is used to plot a large set of data. The map above shows baseball statistics however no timeframe is provided.

Stem and Leaf Plot

http://www.eduplace.com/math/mhm/5/06a/index.html

Stem and Leaf plots are displayed in the form of a graph as shown above.  The title is shown at the top and the data is displayed in the bottom portion. This type of map is used to plot simple data in an effective way.

DRG

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

DRG, digital raster graphic, is a scanned copy of a USGS topographic map. It represents all georeferenced images on earth. The above graph image is of a river in Colorado.

DLG

http://web.wt.net/daba/dlg/default.html

DLG, digital line graph, is a form of a digital map created by the USGS that uses a topological vector model. This map shows contours, roads, section lines, lakes and streams.

Index value plot

http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/regplots/pa07d/pa07d_us_2.gif

An Index Value Plot is a type of visualization map and is plotted on a line graph as shown above. It is used to show an index of measurements. This example shows the air quality index for the statistical areas.

Standarized Choropleth Map

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0138m/2008003/figures/5200001-eng.htm

Standardized choropleth maps compare differences and variances in an area by showing those differences in different shades as displayed above. The map displayed represents the population percentage of kids that are 14 years old and younger for the year of 2006. As the table in the map shows, the darker color represents a higher percentage and the lighter colors represent lower percentages.

Histogram

http://www.netmba.com/statistics/histogram/

The histogram is a graph showing data in various ranges. The groups of data are classified as classes, although in a histogram classes are called bins. Histograms are considered to be useful data summaries that provide the general shape of the frequency distribution. They are also used in combination with boxplots.  

Windrose

http://www.vistadatavision.com/reports-2/wind-rose/

Windrose maps are a way of evaluating data that is related to wind direction. They are used my meteorologists when charting weather conditions and the wind speed and direction at specific locations. They are also important when constructing an airport runway due to wind speed having a large affect on planes taking off and landing.  

Triangular Plot

http://www.pazsoftware.com/Ternary5.html

A triangular plot, also known as a ternary plot, is a triangular diagram that has three value plots which total to a constant. The ratio used in this equilateral triangle is divided in three variable positions.   

Univariate Choropleth Map

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0091.htm

A univariate choropleth map depicts a single data set and is generally east to read as it consists of the map along with a legend to supply information to the reader. The map above shows poverty in the United States, by county.    

Scatterplot

ttp://www.netmba.com/statistics/plot/scatter/

Scatterplot uses a coordinate plane to show the data of two variables. The variable is plotted on the X axis and response variable is on the Y axis. Between the two variables, it includes the strength, shape, direction and presence of outliers.     

Population Profile

http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Reports/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come/Chapter_Six_Subtypes_and_a_Speculative_Structure.shtml

Population profile is a graph that elevates the qualities or characteristics of a particular group of individuals. The population profile information is utilized on a X and Y axis graph. The example above depicts the number and ages of immigrants that migrated to the United States in 2006.  

Climographs

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/preview_lesson.php?&passid=74

Climographs show the temperature and precipitation in different areas. It also explains the difference between weather and climate. The illustration above is from NASA and is data taken over a period of time in Guam. Climographs are created using Microsoft Excel.   

Lorenz curve

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

The Lorenz curve depicts the inequality of two variables. The two variables used are distribution of income and population at a 45 degree angle.    

Range graded proportional circle map

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-004-03/

Range graded proportional circle maps are maps that describes data in the form of circles. This map represents river characteristics in different colors.     

Similarity Matrix

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

The Similarity matrix is used to organize a large group digital photographs and is effective in retrieval tasks. They are organized into events.

Correlation Matrix

http://yin.che.wisc.edu/images.htm

The Correlation Matrix is a statistical relationship between two random variables.  The graph above is a correlation matrix for phage T7. the variables are listed down the first column and across the first row. Once a table is completed for the variables they are then plotted in the graph.

Star Plot

http://lifeng.lamost.org/courses/astrotoday/CHAISSON/NAV/FRAMESET/FRAME17/IDX17-01.HTM

The Star Plot Map represents the distance of star from the sun. It is created in multiple star system; the sun is plotted in the middle of the stars are generated on the system.



Bilateral Graph

http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/teleop/

A Bilateral Graph is a visualization map that represents data in both negative and positive formats. They show increases on one side of a zero line and decreases on the other side. This graph allows people to look at more than one data set at once.   



Unclassed Choropleth Map

http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/visual/casestud/dykes/figure9.gif

The Unclassed Choropleth Map uses shaded proportional to represent daate. This type of mapping is normally not accepted by cartographers.

DOQQ

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

DOQQ’s, Degital Orthophoto Quarter Quads, are digital aerial images produced by the USGS. The maps contain aerial photography at a resolution of 1 meter. They are produced in black and white and the color infrared program. They are used to manage and use geographical systems and spatial applications.

DEM

  

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

DEM is digital elevation model or 3-D representation which is commonly created to for the use of terrain elevation/surface data. This DEM Map depicts the earth surface and all of the objects surrounding the area. The DEM map is generally of moon or asteroid.

Statistical Map

http://math.youngzones.org/map_chart.gif

Statistical maps represent different statistics for different areas. There are several different kinds of statistical maps such as a dot, proportional or choropleth map.

This is a map of the United States illustrating the percentage of persons living in each state who are uninsured between 1990 and 1993.

Thematic Map

http://www.nygeo.org/theme2.html

A thematic map is a map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. These maps might portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent.

This map shows the number of Hispanics/Latinos living in the state of New York in 2000.

Topograpic Map

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&biw=1052&bih=693&q=topographic+maps+of+atlanta+ga&um=1&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=0x88f5045d6993098d:0x66fede2f990b630b,Atlanta,+GA&gl=us&t=p&ei=DCX5TbPVOqXg0QGZ8qTICw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ8gEwAA

A topographic map is characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines in modern mapping, but historically using a variety of methods.

This is a map of the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area’s highways and major roads.

Proportional Cirle Map

http://www.neiu.edu/%7Ejrthomas/377/circle.jpg

A proportional circle map shows data in proportion to the size of the circle. The larger the number is, the larger the circle is on the map.

This map shows the Mexican population of the Western United States. The smaller the size of the circle represents the small amount of Mexican residents for the state.

Propaganda Map

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/800px-reagan-digitised-poster.JPG?w=474&h=362

Propaganda cartography can be created and defined by their function. If maps are created for political propaganda measures, it can according to this categorization be identified as cartographic propaganda.

A propaganda map is used to influence people to change their beliefs about a certain thing. This is a reflection of Ronald Reagan’s point of view (it’s us (U. S.) versus them (USSR) theory during the Cold War Era.

PLSS Map

http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html

The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. The PLSS is used to divide public domain lands, which are lands owned by the Federal government for the benefit of the citizens of the United States.

This a map of the United States, states depicting the 37 Principal Meridians.

Planimetric Map

http://www.emapstore.com/maps/tmfl3528.html

Planimetric maps show only the horizontal position of features on the Earth’s surface. The map shows geographic objects, natural and cultural physical features, and entities without topographic features such as roads, buildings, and bodies of water. A planimetrically accurate map showing planimetric detail and other general features shows accurate horizontal distances between features.

This is a map of part of Palm Beach County, Florida; this map features roads, highways, and general feature details as building footprints, piers, airport, drainage courses, holding basins, shorelines, and other watercourses.

LIDAR

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

LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging, also LADAR) is an optical remote sensing technology that can measure the distance to, or other properties of a target by illuminating the target with light, often using pulses from a laser. A LIDAR map gets its name from light, detection, and ranging. It measures the properties of the scattered light to find the range of things in the distance.

This is a three dimensional model taken September 17, 2001 of the World Trade Center area in New York City. The images were used by emergency managers to assess damage through the smoke after the World Trade Center Tragedy.

Isotach

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

An Isopleth is used to contour lines that depict a variable which cannot be measured at a point, but which instead must be calculated from data collected over an area. An isopleth map generalizes and simplifies data with a continuous distribution. Isopleth maps are more common for mapping surface elevations, amounts of precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and numerous other measurements that can be viewed statistically as a third dimension.
This is a map of the United States showing regions of sensitivity to acid rain. The isopleths are of the pH of precipitation. In this illustration all of the eastern U. S. has an average pH of rainfall between 4 -5.

Isopleths

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

An Isopleth is used to contour lines that depict a variable which cannot be measured at a point, but which instead must be calculated from data collected over an area. An isopleth map generalizes and simplifies data with a continuous distribution. Isopleth maps are more common for mapping surface elevations, amounts of precipitation, atmospheric pressure, and numerous other measurements that can be viewed statistically as a third dimension.
This is a map of the United States showing regions of sensitivity to acid rain. The isopleths are of the pH of precipitation. In this illustration all of the eastern U. S. has an average pH of rainfall between 4 -5.

Isopach

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/p_crust.html



An isopach map is a map illustrating variation of thickness within a tabular unit or stratum. Isopachs are contour lines of equal thickness over an area.

This Isopach map shows the thickness of the Earth's crust in km.

Isohyets

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

An isohyet is a line joining points of equal precipitation on a map. A map with isohyets is called an isohyetal map.

This map is from the Commonwealth of Australia and depicts the median rainfall from January to March and is based on climatology data between 1900 to 1999.

Isobars

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gl)/guides/maps/sfcobs/cntr/wind.rxml

An Isobar is a line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. In this map of the eastern United States the winds flow roughly parallel to the isobars.

Infrared aerial photo

http://sciencephoto.com/media/179411/view

 Infrared Aerial photo is a film or image sensor used exposed the sensitivity of infrared light. These photos are taken from above the target. Wave lengths used for photography range from about 700 nm to about 900 nm.

This is an Infrared aerial photograph showing vegetation patterns; vegetation appears pink in this type of photograph.

Hyposometric Map

http://junglephotos.com/africa/afmaps/afscimaps/africaelevationmap.shtml

Hypsometric map are a variant on contour lines. They depict ranges of elevation as bands of color, usually in a graduated scheme.

This map of the African Continent shows the variations in elevations the color green represents lower elevations red indicates higher elevations.

Flow Map

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/texas/combtrk_tx_1998.jpg

Flow maps are a mix of maps and flow charts that shows the movement of objects from one location to another. It considers what is flowing, moving, or migrating; the direction it’s flowing and what the destination is; how much is being transported.

This is a map of the United States, illustrating the total combined truck flow from Texas. 

Dot distribution Map

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/2kpopden.html

A dot density map uses a dot symbol to show the presence of a feature or phenomenon. Dot maps rely on a visual scatter to show spatial pattern.

This map is from the U. S. Census Bureau was produced in 2000 and shows the population distribution in the United States.

Doppler radar Map

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

A Doppler radar is one of the most well known systems that a meteorologist uses. Doppler radars are used in aviation, sounding satellites, meteorology, police speed guns, radiology, and surface to air missile radar.

 This is an example of a Doppler radar image exhibit the weather conditions that are approaching Florida. 

Choropleth Map

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

A choropleth map is a thematic map in which areas are shaded and shows the measurement of the statistical variable being displayed on the map, such as population density or per-capita income. Choropleth maps provide an easy way to visualize how a measurement varies across a geographic area or it shows the level of variability within a region.

This map shows the Percent of People who are Hispanic per county in Florida based on Census data from 2000.

Cartographic Animations Map

                                

http://cartography2.org/Chapters/page6/OverviewAnimated.html

Cartographic animation is the application of animation, either computer or video, to add a temporal component to a map displaying change in some dimension. Most commonly the change is shown over time, generally at a greatly changed scale.

This map is IBM’s DeepThunder: 3D meteorological animation, displaying the total precipitation and winds on August 4, 1996.

Cartogram Map

http://www.viz.tamu.edu/faculty/house/cartograms/PresVote.html

A cartogram is a map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area or distance. The geometry or space of the map is distorted in order to convey the information of this alternate variable.

This map illustrates the results of the popular vote in the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Each state is colored either a shade of red or a shade of blue, and is distorted either enlarged or diminished to reflect the number of votes each candidate received.

Cadastral Map

http://www.mcatoolkit.org/US_State_Maps/Maps_Florida.html

Cadastral maps are comprehensive registers of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country. Cadastres commonly include details of the ownership, the tenure, the precise location (some include GPS coordinates), the dimensions (and area), the cultivations if rural, and the value of individual parcels of land. Cadastres are also used by many nations around the world, some in conjunction with other records, such as a title register.

In the United States, Cadastral Survey within the Bureau of Land Management maintains records of all public lands. Such surveys often require detailed investigation of the history of land use, legal accounts, and other documents.
This is a map of Florida is used by the nature conservancy in Marine Conservation Agreements. The map’s boundaries are county by county and the areas that are part of the conservation agreement are shaded blue.

Black and White Aerial Photo

http://www.horschgallery.com/addtocart2.aspx?pdctid=%C5%BEE%1A

This is an aerial black and white photograph of Wrigley Field. The photo was taken from a small airplane during a sunny, summer day.

Building Learning Power (LP) Mental Map

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1276&bih=839&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mental+maps+of+buliding+learning+power&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

The Building Learning Power (LP) is a mental map that displays creative techniques to used in many areas of a person life. It helps an individual elevate different circumstances and learn how to model, explain, commentate and orchestra ideas.