(Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) A map that displays the spatial distribution of an attribute that relates to a single topic, theme, or subject of discourse. Usually, a ...

The modern concept of map "layers," from weather to traffic, rests upon centuries of experimentation in what makes an intuitive and informative graphic. Opening on Aug. 24 in the main exhibition ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Today, in search of a way through a constantly expanding morass of ...

To examine how four methods of symbolizing data affect learning from thematic maps of familiar regions, two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, 86 college students viewed one of three types ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician), Vol. 43, No. 1, Special Issue: Conference on Practical Bayesian Statistics, 1992 (3) (1994), pp. 77-85 (9 pages) Remote sensing ...

With the coronavirus pandemic, maps conveying information are everywhere. Inspect them critically. Coronavirus cases and deaths as of 11:54 a.m. Friday. This thematic map type is appropriate for this ...

This is the final part in series of assignments intended to prepare students to write a 5-page synthesized paper that draws out major themes and processes from class texts. The goal of the assignment ...

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has roughly 8000 UN authored maps in its collection. This map collection is unique in its scope, relating to the work of the United Nations through the decades. The ...