Introduction To Human Geography

Introduction To maps

1. Reference maps - Informational maps that show boundaries & place names

   1. Often display Physical and Man-made features.

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2. Thematic Maps - Shows us the quantitative data (Data that is shown by numbers)

   1. To know what it is about we’ll have to read the title!

3. /What are the 5 ways to Geospatial Data?

   1. Choropleth - Maps using colors/shading to show quantity. data (Darker=more)

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   2. Dot - Dots that represent a value in its approximate location (Bigger dot =more)

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   3. Graduated Symbol - Feature symbols proportional to the size of the actual data (If the Data is big then the symbol will also be big)

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   4. Isoline - Maps Connect areas of equal value w/ lines (E.g. Weather maps)

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   5. Cartograms - Distort the appearance of places on a map to represent their values

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