Cartography GEO381550 DePaul Geographygeo381550 保罗地理制图.ppt

CartographyGEO381/550 Final Review December, 2nd 2004 Choropleth map How it works? When to use; when not to use? Phenomenon Data Limitation? Solution to this? Sample question… Which of the following data is the most suitable for choropleth mapping? Temperature records at stations Number of hospital beds by county Average SAT scores by school district Total population by census tract Explain why… Proportional symbol map How it works? When to use; when not to use? What is perceptual (apparent) scaling? What is range grading? Sample question… Suppose we have two values, 6400 and 1600, that are to be symbolized and scaled by proportional circles. The ratio of radius of proportional circles that represent two values would be 2:1 when absolute scaling is adopted. What would happen to x in the ratio, say x:1 when perceptual scaling is adopted? x will become larger than 2 x will become smaller than 2 Sample question… Suppose you have two maps in hand, whose maps have legends shown below. From the legends, discuss (1) data classification (2) the location of point symbols of respective map. Dot density map How it works? When to use; when not to use? Advantage disadvantage? Sample question… Data not suitable for dot density map? Number of farms Total population Property tax rate Number of AIDS cases Sample question… Suppose you are asked to make a dot density map of corn acreage data which is enumerated by state. When mapped in ArcView, it didn’t turn out very well. What would you do in order to improve the quality of map, in particular locational accuracy? Cartogram How it works? In which way, cartogram is fundamentally different from other mapping techniques? Advantage disadvantage? Sample question… In which of the following situations, would you consider cartogram to be an ideal choice? Map readers are not familiar with areas Data value is relatively proportional to the size of enumeration unit The more value is concentrated in the small enumeration uni