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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Cartograms by WorldMapper

Here is a neat mapping site called WorldMapper.

They employ a technique called a cartogram, which in this case displays country boundaries, thematically altered by size - based on another demographic variable of interest. In short, the bigger or smaller the shape, the larger or smaller the variable being mapped.

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html

Of particular interest in today's political environment are two image examples.



Refugee Origin




Net Immigration



There are wonderful map
presentations on their site.
Check them out.

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