Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Choropleth Map


Choropleth maps are themetic maps that allow the visualization of statistical data pertaining to a geographic region. The above choropleth maps show the crime rates in the United States and 2004 Election Results. The shades of pink and red coloring are used to illustrate the data. This map was taken from http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/gis/choropleth_maps.html.

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