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A timeline of cartographic creation with recommendation tidbits on process and approaches. Lots of maps, lots of ideas, trite comments form yours truly.
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Adventures in Mapping
A Pragmatic Whirlwind of What, How, and Especially Why
DISCLOSURE:
I have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with
IDV Solutions LLC, because I am an employee.
DISCLOSURE:
I have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with
IDV Solutions LLC, because I am an employee.
Why do we do what we do?
Leverage comparison, even within a single data set.
Voronoi Tessellation Political zones are an arbitrary crutch.
Before (chartsbin.com)
Cognitive Horsepower
Natural Mapping Color Vision Empathy
After
• Atmospheric perspective
• Depth of field• Saturation
Don’t mistake the plan for the phenomena.
Bigger data is a beautiful adventure.
Aggregate Reluctantly
Integrate Visual Components
With great volume comes emergence.
Put units into context.
Context is a platform for understanding.
Visualizing phenomena in many dimensions leads to discovery.
If something is conventional, ask why.
My foolish thought:
“I wish one of these charting options was as useful as the table, itself.”
Maps can be a terrible way to present a geographic phenomenon.
Let’s try it out!
Choropleth maps are often the wrong choice.
Dot density maps are emotionally resonant.
Data of death is the data of life. Bad spatial autocorrelation vs. good spatial autocorrelation.
Don’t feel overly obligated to present spatial analysis spatially.
What is happening??
in a slump
"Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.”
