Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Weekly post: Bi-variate Map

Map showing annual snowfall and the (in this case) a correlation to the downhill and cross country skiers of an area. Areas that have higher annual snowfall tend to have more downhill and cross country skiers.

Weekly post: Dot Density

Each dot represents a different cluster of tweets of different languages which essentially maps the world according to twitter and the languages of twitter users.

Weekly post: Isoline Map

The best isoline maps tend to be weather related. Isoline maps make it very easy to identify local weather conditions in your area.

Weekly post: Proportional Symbol

Basic map showing wine consumption in Europe. Not surprisingly, France and Spain are huge consumers (and producers of wine). However I was not expected Germany to consume as much wine as they did since no one thinks wine when Germany is brought into an alcohol discussion.

Weekly post: Color

A map that shows humidity of Africa. Most people associate Africa with hot temperatures but the country has surprisingly low humidity. It's basically hot and dry

Weekly post: Choropleth Map

Choropleth map produced by the ESPN show Sportsnation. Very basic map showing percentages of the excitement level per state for the Superbowl.

Weekly post: Campus Map

Very detailed guide (probably slightly outdated now) of the PSU campus in State College, Pennsylvania. Since the college is so integrated into the city, it's very important to have a map for students to find their way around.

Weekly post: Type

Type Map of the world showing countries composed of their major cities

http://www.yardgallery.com/media/world-mape-slate.jpg