Histogram

Histogram

A histogram is a representation of the distribution of experimental data. This is usually shown as a graph with an X axis and a Y axis. They are often times referred to as a bar graph. This particular histogram related the number of students and the grade that they scored on their final. You can see that the number of students is shown on the vertical axis, while the score on the final exam is noted on the horizontal axis.

Climograph

Boulder Climograph

Climographs are graphs that depict annual precipitation and temperature for certain locations. One vertical axis typically shows temperature and the other shows rainfall while the horizontal axis shows time. This particular climograph shows annual precipitation and temperature for Boulder Colorado.

Triangular Plot

Triangular Plot

Triangular plots are maps that are often used to convey three variables X, Y, and Z onto a two dimensional area. This triangular plot shows the flammability of three different gasses.  You can see the correlation between these different gasses as conveyed by the different shading and lines on the triangular plot.  These plots are very effective in showing relationships between three variables.

Star Plots

Star Plot

Star plots are plots that can be used more effectively than others in conveying data with more than two dimensions (multivariate data). These plots can also be called spider plots due to the many lines that they often have giving them a spider like appearance. This is a star plot that is showing what often leads to scripts being judged well below the standards.

Stem and Leaf Plot

Stem and Leaf

Stem and leaf plots are not the typical map one thinks of. However, in this class we have discovered that maps are much more than just representations of the globe onto a sheet of paper. A stem and leaf plot shows different numbers by having a tens place as the stem and ones place as the leaf. So in this plot above, the number represented would be 81, 84, and 85, exc.  

Isotachs

Isotachs

Isotachs are lines that meteorologist use to connect areas of equal wind speed. Isotachs are Similar to isobars which connect areas of equal pressure. However, one could also use colors to show these areas of equal wind speeds. This is a simple picture of an Isotach map that uses different colors to indicate these areas of equivalent wind speed.

Lidar Map of the Forest

LIDAR

LIDAR stands for Light Detection And Ranging. LIDAR measures properties of scattered light and or other information of a target.  Unlike radar, LIDAR uses much shorter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.  This map above is a LIDAR image taken of a forest by an environmental group.  This particular group uses LIDAR to see the vegetation cover and tree heights of a particular forest area.

Doppler Radar

Doppler Radar for Tallahassee Fl

Doppler radar is radar that uses to Doppler effect to measure velocity.  The Doppler effect is the observed change of frequency of either sound waves or light waves varying with the relative velocity of the source and the observer.  

This is a still image from a Doppler radar image taken over Tallahassee Fl. Doppler radar is widely used by meteorologist to show viewers the rain systems coming through an area.

Infrared Aerial Photo of Hurricane Ivan

Hurricane Ivan

Infrared photos depict the heat that an object or mass is giving emitting. This means that when the photo is taken the areas of darker colors, i.e. red and dark orange are the warmest part of the mass, while lighter colors such as blue and white depict the cooler areas. This infrared aerial photo is one of hurricane Ivan that hit the Pensacola coast in September 2004. You can see the different colors depicted in this photo and compare it with the color spectrum at the bottom of the photo.

Statistical Map of Commute Times

Statistical Commute Time

A statistical map is a special type of map in which the variation in quantity of a factor is indicated by a variable such as color. This is a statistical map that shows the amount of time people commute to work everyday. The different time spans are indicated by different colors.

Proportional Circle Map

Proportional Circle Map
Proportional circle maps display data in relation to the size of circles. On this map, the circles represent the amount that each conties leading candidate is ahead. So to sum it up the larger the cirlce, the farther ahead the candidate is in that county.

PLSS Map

PLSS Map of Franklin County
PLSS stands for Public Land Survey System. It was designed to subdivide public domain into square or rectangular parcels that would be more easily managed by the government. Public domain is defined as property owened and maintained by the government for benefit of the citizens of the United States. This is a PLSS map of Franklin County Alabama. It shows how the county is divided, also in yellow you can see the cities in the county.

Cadastral Map

Cadastral Map of Florida Counties
A Casastral Map is a map that is designed to show detailed information about  real property in an area. This can be map that shows all county divides such as the one above of the state of Floirda. There are alos other types of cadastral maps however that show things such as the property ownership of certiain areas of land.

Hypsometric Ocean Map

A hypsometric map is a map that shows different elevations by color shading. This map shows the different depths of the sea through color shading. The shallower waters are denoted by lighter blue shading.
hypsometric map

Dot Distribution of FeederWatchers

This is a dot ditribution map. This map shows the areas of the United States where the people who participated in the anual Feeder Watcher (bird watching) program lived. Each dot represents a zip code where a paticipant lives.

dot distribution

Cartograms

Cartogram of Elections

Cartograms are maps where geographic space is intensionally distorted based on values of a theme. This is a cartogram map of the election outcomes for the 2004 election. As you can tell the sizes and shapes of the states have been distorted to more so show the area with greater population. This is useful because many times there are rather large states thtat are un populated but appear to have more pull than smaller states with many more inhabitants.

Flow Maps

Flow Maps

Flow maps are used to show trends of motion. They show the way things flow from one thought or area, to another. This particular flow map shows the movement of offices from the main headquarters to smaller satellite offices.

Contour Map of Temperatures

Contour Map of Temperatures

Contour maps are used to show relationships between two or more areas using contour lines. This particular contour map shows temperature highs for the country on a specific day. Areas that will be expierencing similar temperatures for that day are shaded using the same color.

Scatter Plots

Scatter Plot
Scatter plots are best used to show correlation between two things. This scatter plot is showing the relationship between the amount of time students spent on their exam to the grades that they recieved.

Black and White Aerial Photo of Kansas City

Black and White Aerial of Kansas City
Black and white aerial phots are mostly now a days satalite images taken of a perticular area. However, black and white images are not the same as satellite images. Black and white images are real pictures often times take from an airplane or helicopter. They give someone an idea of what a particular area actually looks like. This is a black and white aerial photo of I-35 in Kansas City.

Nazi Propaganda Map

Nazi Propaganda

Propaganda maps are maps that are used to persuade a particular group of people into believing an idea that often times is untrue. They are often used in times of war to get certain people to stand behind ideas of particular government or organization. This is an example of Nazi propaganda. This map portrays the Star of David as a giant wall. And in this wall are the peoples of other European nations being trapped.

Choropleth Map of Water Usage

water usage


Choropleth maps are used to show certain amounts per capata of something. This is usually viewed as a population density map. However, this particular choropleth map shows the amount of water consumed by each state. This is shown per millions of gallons a day per state.

Thematic Map of Incomes

Ratio of Estimated Famale to Male Earned Income

This is a perfect example of a thematic map. Thematic maps are maps that are used to show things such as percentages of populations. They are used to connect a particular theme with a a certain geographical area. This thematic maps connects the ratio of female to male income in different areas of the world.

Topographic Map of the United States

US Topo
This is a topographic map of the United States. Topographic maps are designed to show raised relief of an area. Some of the main features on a topographic map of the U.S. are the rocky mountains in the west, and the appalacian mountains in the east.

Florida State University

http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/ungrad/map.html

A planimetric map is any map that pays attention to only the horizontal positions of features. This is a planimetric map of FSU campus. Notice that this only shows horizontal relationships to other things. This does not convey any signs of vertical relationships such as height.