Unstandardized Choropleth Map

http://mcatfordummies.blogspot.com/2008/08/unstandardized-choropleth-maps.html

Unstandardized Choropleth Maps have no certain type of ranking or order.  this picture shows no order of state distribution.

Cumulative line graph

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/cumulative-tables-graphs.html

This a cumulative line graph of someones earnings from march to august.  There are two variables, months and money.  A line represents the correlation between the two.

photo map

http://www.aboveallohio.com/photo_maps.html

This is a photo map of a part of Ohio that has major roads highlighted.  Photo maps are a type of aerial photography.

Similarity Matrix

http://tomcat.esat.kuleuven.be/txtgate/tutorial.jsp

This is a similarity matrix.  A similarity matrix is a matrix of scores which express the similarity between two data points.

Correlation Matrix

http://www.sunshineprofits.com/research/precious-metals-correlations-next-step-multi-market-analysis

This is a correlation matrix of the company Sunshine Profits.This matrix shows different stocks and their correlation

Bilateral Map

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/10/china-and-international-rules-self-interested-or-malign/64747/

This is a bilateral trade map of clean energy products.  There are three different variables, imports, exports, and trade balance.  As you can see, we have been increasing our imports from China as well as the trade balance.

Index value plot

http://www.justdata.com.au/Journals/Articles/trin.htm

This is an index value plot of stock values from january to september

Scatter Plot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatter_plot

This is a scatter plot of the amount for eruptions occuring at Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone.  Scatterplots use cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables (eruption duration and time between eruptions).

Climograph

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/extra/geogweb/bouldercreek-2/preview/page2.html

This is a climograph for Boulder Colorado which shows the average temperature for each month and the average precipitation for each month as well.

choropleth

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fx_files/17748/5/wind_rose.png

This is a wind rose of direction and intensity of wind. Used before compasses and let people know what direction certain places were located relative to a set location.

Triangle Plot

http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/wwwitter/20050407-it_doesnt_matter_how_you_vote_either_way_your_planet_is_doomed.html

Triangle plot depict the ratios of three variables using a equilateral triangle.  This shows someones prediction about how voters will vote in an election.  The white dot is where things stand now.

Parallel Coordinate Graph

http://andrewgelman.com/2007/10/parallel_coordi/

Parallel coordinate graphs show high dimensional geometry.

Histogram

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=mgmCz1RpvenwRM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram&docid=am6aaPANqdao3M&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Black_cherry_tree_histogram.svg/220px-Black_cherry_tree_histogram.svg.png&w=220&h=220&ei=LrcNUOvVM4LV0QHcx9ThAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=143&sig=110738446880699546034&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=134&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:142&tx=67&ty=52

This is a histogram showing the Heights of black cherry trees in feet and how many are at each height.  Histograms use bar graphs to show quantitative data.

Box Plot.

http://www.netmba.com/statistics/plot/box/

A box plot is another way to present quantitative data.  The box shows median, upper and lower values and upper and lower quartiles.  The dots at each end are the minimum and maximum values, and the line in the middle of the box is the median and the edges of the box are the quartiles.

Stem and leaf plot

http://www.northstarmath.com/sitemap/Stem-and-LeafPlot.html

A stem and leaf plot is used to organize quantitative data.  For example. the 2 under the stem column represents 20 and the 2 under the leaf column represent 2 so that makes 22. 

Bivariate choropleth maps

Bivariate Choropleth maps display two variables on a map combining two different sets of graphic symbols or shadings. This map shows Vote percentage difference in 2004 as related to Voter Turnout.  Different colors are used for the two candidates and different shades of those colors are used to show how the different percentages.  Faces are used to show voter turnout as a percent of voting age population.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/2004US_election_map.jpg

Classed Choropleth

http://www.met.tamu.edu/ciams/heat/intro.html

This unclassed Choropleth map is more detailed than a classed choroplath.  For example, the map shows the heat for counties in Texas.  It's not an average like a classed choropleth map would be.

Classed choropleth map

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/book/export/html/1553

A classed choropleth map shows information by shading of a color.  This is a classed map of the Hispanic Population density in the United States.The darker the shade the more dense the population is. As you can see states along the Mexico border have high populations of Hispanics and up north is less.

Grade proportional circle map

http://alloverthemapproject.blogspot.com/2011/04/continuously-graded-proportional-circle.html

This graded proportional circle map shows the change in voters, by state, who voted for McCain or Obama in the 2008 election and the 2004 election of Kerry and Bush. A graded circle map uses circles to indicate change.

Continuously variable proportional circle map

http://mapanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/04/continuously-variable-proportional.html

These maps depict the proportion of a variable in a certain area.  For example, it could represent age, race, sex, income, etc.  The circles are proprtionate to the data for each section.

DOQQ

http://www.lacoast.gov/maps/doqq/

This is a Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles map of Louisiana and cities in the southern part.  DOQQ's are digitized aerial photos corrected for displacement caused by camera angle and relief.  This results in a spatially accurate image featuring true geographic positions.

DEM Map

http://freegeographytools.com/2007/elevation-slope-terrain-and-3d-anaglyph-map-shading-in-microdem

This Digital Elevation Model shows a picture of a mountain range.  This is a good tool to see the ridges and the differences of the elevation.

DLG Map

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/GIS/descdlg.html

This is a Digital Line Graph of Beaufort, S.C. Line graphs are separated into four separate layers, transportation, hydrography, boundaries, and countours.  You can see the street, elevations, and municipal boundaries.

DRG Map

http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs08801.html

This is a Digital Raster Graphic map of Washington D.C. It is a scanned image of a Topographic Map for use on a computer.  It shows contour lines and elevations.

Isopleth Map

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bro/?n=2004event_christmasreport

This Isopleth map is of snowfall amounts in southern Texas.  Isopleth maps, like Choropleth maps, use contour lines.  In this picture you can see the contours range from one inch to six inches.

Isopach

http://www.geo.utexas.edu/faculty/barker/kempter/rbtephra.html

This Isopach map shows the Tephra deposits of the Rio Blanco Crater.  The red contours are Tephra deposits that are more than 20 meters thick while the whitish contours are tephra that are greater than 20 cm but less than 50 cm thick.   It also has contours of elevation for the crater.  Isopach maps measure thickness.

Isohyet map

http://ag.arizona.edu/oals/ALN/aln49/taylor2.html

This is a Isohyet map of rainfall in millimeters from May 1 - September 18, 1992.  It has contour lines for varying amounts of rainfall and also uses different shades of colors to show different amounts of rainfall.

Isotach Map

http://cristinamazza.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html

Isotach maps show the wind speeds of a given area, region, country, etc.  This picture shows the wind speed  and direction across the United States, most likely in the upper atmosphere.

Isobar Map

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gl)/guides/maps/sfcobs/cntr/wind.rxml

This image is an example of an Isobar map.  Isobar maps are used in weather for show the amount of pressure associated with low and high pressure weather systems usually measured in millibars.  The Black contour lines represent different levels of pressure, which are the purple numbers

Lidar

http://coralreefs.wr.usgs.gov/mapping_lidar.html

This Lidar image is taken from an airborne laser technique used for higher resolution topographic mapping. This is a picture of a coral reef and the topography of the reef and ocean floor around it.  The light green inside the red part indicates a large hole in the reef.

Radar

http://www.wsaz.com/blogs/askjosh/45980227.html

This picture is of a doppler radar map of a storm cell that produced a tornado.  This "hook" shape is a warning sign that a tornado will develop.  Radars emit a bursts of energy, and if it strikes an object like rain, snow, or hail the energy is scattered in all directions and a small fraction is scattered back to the radar. The reflected signal is analyzed by computers for the strength of the returned pulse.

Black and White Aerial Photo

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/gis/imagery_data.html

This black and white aerial photo is of the White Mesa in New Mexico.  Black and White aerial photography is an older and cheaper way to survey land.

Infrared Aerial Photo

http://www.jchance.com/projectssubcat.php?subcat=48

This is an infrared aerial photo of downtown Paramaribo, Suriname in South America. The vegetation shows up red while the buildings show up white and tan.  You can use this for land use planning and management

Cartographic animation

http://mapcollection2009.blogspot.com/2009/04/cartographic-animation.html

This is a cartographic animation of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, it looks like Katrina.  Cartographic Animation is popular for weather, showing hurricanes, rain, precipitation, temperatures (shades of colors), ocean temperatures, etc.

Statistical Map

http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsa&tbnid=46YXc9yPdAddXM:&imgrefurl=http://www.slabbed.org/2008/04/06/subsidy-for-dummies-who-think-the-insurance-industry-isnt-subsidized/&docid=7ALeFp6q7x9CoM&imgurl=http://slabbed.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/totclaims2005sm.gif&w=550&h=425&ei=F1UMUKPAFoLk9AT5j-nRCg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=249&sig=110738446880699546034&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=210&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:95&tx=174&ty=28

This is a statistical map of the total number of flood claims from 2004-2005.  It's a statistical map because it shows the statistics of the flood claims for each state and has colors that represent different amounts of claims.

Cartogram Map

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

Cartogram map for the county level election returns.  A cartogram map is a distorted to show information of another variable.  This is an area cartogram, or value-by-area map which scales the area in proportion to its population.

Flow Map

http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/flowmaps.html

This flow map, a map showing linear movements between places using lines or arrows, shows Oregon State's prototype software for automatic generation of flow maps.  For example, it could be used to show where goods have been during their shipping process.

Isoline Map

http://blogoutthemaps.blogspot.com/2011/01/isoline-map.html

This map is an Isoline map, that consists of contour lines that represent pressure, in millibars, of the atmosphere in the U.S. This map shows a low pressure system and high pressure system moving across the country and the pressures associated with the systems.  Lines of equal value will connect

Proportional Circle Map

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=kXzjBUAi5WjWMM:&imgrefurl=http://sohosp.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html&docid=Gh1ypi5spi3h-M&imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERfdNImF2zYT_0LAkiUTVOI5kpFSIEkm8jtR5wIa6jeq1hK4X47L8SEvOTa-H8QpxZjtJTILMPvWzAQOFbuKvY2PYPSfZseVPV6SfGoyhynQ883_FKQMo4RjV-QQxbgTgtggQCX4KmPFN/s400/range%252Bgraded.jpg&w=400&h=277&ei=mU8MUNSQIJKo8gSryOm6Cg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=593&sig=110738446880699546034&page=3&tbnh=132&tbnw=190&start=42&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:42,i:231&tx=162&ty=101

This is a Proportional circle map of the U.S. population in 1999.  It uses different sizes of circles to show data sets.  In this case, the bigger the circle the higher amount of people.

Choropleth map

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Choro/Tom/


This a Choropleth Map showing the percentages of hispanics in Florida by county.  The darker shades represent a greater amount of Hispanics.  These maps are a type of Thematic map that is a way to visualize how a measurement varies across and area or region.

Dot Map

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/geography/population/distribution_density_rev1.shtml

This is a Dot Map of the world showing the population distribution of the world and also the concentration of people.  Some areas show "no people" but there are people.  The scale is too large to show them on the map. As you can see, one dot represents 100,000 people.

Propaganda Map

http://tomsmapcatalog.blogspot.com/2010/04/propaganda-map.html

This is a propaganda map of Europe.  Propaganda maps are made to influence viewers in a certain way.  This map shows the coutries of Europe attacking an eagle, which represents the U.S.

Hypsometric Map

http://www.reliefshading.com/colors/hypsometric.html

This is a Hypsometric mapof the islands Kos, Tylos, and Nisyros.  Hypsometric maps show relief and elevation using different shades of colors.  The white parts are higher elevations while the blues are the ocean and lower elevation.

PLSS map

http://www.fairview-industries.com/standardmodule/mn-exmpl.htm

This is a PLSS map of a section of Minnesota.  PLSS stands for Public Land Survey System.  It's a PLSS map because it shows townships, ranges, and sections, which show land parcels.

Cadastral Map

http://www.dalisproject.org/(S(0ihlloeoiojm1jbgkdldgd45))/pages/findMapsheet.aspx
This is a cadastral map, which is a map that shows the boundaries and ownership of land parcels.  This map shows the boundaries of land in Delware County, Ohio.

Thematic Map

http://www.gigawiz.com/thematic.html
This is a thematic map showing party control of Governors' offices in the United States. States that are blue are Democrats and states that are red are...republican...This is a thematic map because it shows a certain theme, which is the political parties in each state.

Topographic Map

http://www.topoquest.com/place-detail.php?id=1529903

This is a topographic map of the Olympic peninsula in Washington State.  It is topographic because it shows elevation and relief by using contour lines and listing certain elevations, such as 4000,4800, 5400, etc.  The closer the lines are the steeper the slope.

Planimetric Map

http://www.justus.ca/versailles/maps.htm

This is a planimetric map of Versailles. It's considered a planimetric map because it only shows horizontal features, and no elevation, which topographic maps show. This map is showing roads, creeks, boundary reservations, and gas wells.

Mental Map

http://mapanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/01/mental-map.html

This is a picture of a mental map of Coal City in Illinois.  It shows how someone views their city in their head.   The drawer shows memorable things like their church, where their father walked to the train depot, a scary house, and hobos.  This is considered a mental map because it is drawn by someone and is not

very detailed and shows things that the person memorizes the most.  

This is a satellite photo of the Gulf of Mexico, showing the Gulf Oil Spill. I picked this picture when i typed in KML satellite.
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=624&tbm=isch&tbnid=72PQnIE6kiwt6M:&imgrefurl=http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/05/03/nasa-satellite-images-show-gulf-oil-spill-larger-florida-127/&docid=YAcWwYRODDD_uM&imgurl=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/43000/43862/gulf_tmo_2010121_lrg.jpg&w=3840&h=2880&ei=i1PiT5LLIZSi8ATRoOyGCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=208&sig=110738446880699546034&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:84&tx=113&ty=60