Friday, April 23, 2010

T-O Map

A T-O map is a medieval map, the land is represented as an orb with a T shape division. These maps usually divide the earth into Asia, Africa and Europe. Jerusalem was usually placed in the center of this style of map.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_and_O_map

Songlines

The Australian aboriginal art of song lines can be considered a type of map. These song lines come from the aboriginal belief in dreaming, created by the "spirit"and marking routes across the land or sky. This painting is of Red Hill next to Mt.Allen.

http://www.australiadreamingart.com.au/aboriginal_paintings.htm

Unclassed Choropleth Map

A unclassed choropleth map assignes each data value its own category. The Image on the right is an unclassed map, it is easier to see population patterns and eliminates oversimplification.
http://go.owu.edu/~jbkrygie/krygier_html/geog_353/geog_353_lo/geog_353_lo07.html

Bivariate choropleth map

A bivariate choropleth map is a cartographic representation of two different variable and sets of data. This map shows population size of counties in North Carolina and then number of people in poverty within those counties.

http://cartographyexpressions.blogspot.com/

dasymetric map


A dasymetric map is a type of thematic map which uses typographic symbols to spatially classify volumetric data. Dasymetric mapping is useful when you need to refine spatially aggregated data.
http://www.answers.com/topic/dasymetric-map

Univariate Choloropleth Map




A univariate choropleth map with data dealing with only one subject, it examines occurrences of one type of event. This map shows data corresponding to water withdrawals, a single variable, within the United States.

http://www.answers.com/topic/thematic-map-1

Cartographic Animations


Cartographic animations allow the viewer to visualize a process occurring over a set point across time. Animations are a common tool for weather forecasters, they allow for observation of movement and direction of weather phenomena.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/