STATISTICAL MAP

After taking another look at what a statistical map is really about, I realized that the one I first posted does not really qualify. However, based on the definition from our slides, this map (aka cartogram) can be called statistical because the shape and size of each country is based on a statistic - percentage of the population who are female agricultural workers. It looks like most of them are concentrated in undeveloped or developing countries while developed countries like the US have a lower percentage. This website has a great collection of this type of map.

Link to website source:
http://ifyouonlyreadonethingthisweek.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/world-mapper-re-invisioning-the-world/

PROPAGANDA MAP

I added another propaganda map because the one I posted early in the term is included in the slides for week 11. This one may just be a humorous response to another map which shows the southwestern states combined with Mexico to create the “new country” of Aztlan. It clearly defines and highlights Mexico (yours) and its borders while a message is boldly printed across most of the US (not yours). Most viewers would certainly get the point of this map and many would probably take offense.

Link to website source:

CHOROPLETH MAP

I had to include one more choropelth map which illustrates the Muslim population in Africa, 2005. I think it could be considered classed because the data has been divided into intervals and standardized because the data has been areally averaged to get a percentage. Based on this graphic, the Muslims seem to be more concentrated in North Africa.

Link to website source:http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr140.html

DOT DISTIBUTION MAP

This is just an interesting dot distribution map I found showing the principle cotton producing areas in Florida, 1850. I like the simplicity of the map and noticed a familiar pattern of the areas dominated by plantations today. This website has some great maps of Florida.

Link to website source:
http://www.luddist.com/map.html

STAR PLOT

This star plot is related to the parallel coordinate graph that I have in my map collection. It allows you to visually compare the ten variables for each vehicle type side by side. You can easily distinguish the variables for each type of vehicle and determine what is most important to you in choosing one of them.

Link to website source:
http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~tpminka/courses/36-350.2001/lectures/day38/

CORRELATION MATRIX

This gene to gene correlation matrix is part of an expression analysis from the Bioinformatics Group, CSIRO Livestock Industries in Australia. It indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two random variables on a scale of negative one to one. The matrix contains a subset of the top 100 cancer genes with thick lines indicating the following blocks: A - extracellular matrix, B - nucleus and cell progression, C - actin cytoskeleton, D - fatty acid metabolism, and E - glutamine/glutathioine/oxidative.

Link to website source:
http://www.livestockgenomics.csiro.au/Genome_to_Phenome/

SIMILARITY MATRIX

A similarity matrix shows similarity between variables on a scale. They seem to be most popular in studying genetics but this one is being used to study temporal event clustering of digital photo collections and user retrieval times on a scale from zero to one. This matrix visualizes the temporal similarity of a collection of 512 photos.

Link to website source:
http://www.fxpal.com/?p=eventDetector