Triangulated Irregular Network

 

I created this using ArcGis

A TIN is a vector data model of contiguous non overlapping triangles whose verticies are created from sample points of x, y, and z values and displayed as a surface model.  The TIN was created in 3D analyst toolbar in ArcScene.  This 3D model and animations are of downtown historic sites in Pittsburgh.

Isopleth

http://www.esf.edu/es/felleman/440SylF06.html

This Isopleth map shows sustainable/development futures for the United States.  An isopleth map utilizes data by generalizing and simplifying it in a continuous distribution throughout the geographic area.  This geologic map is useful because researchers can analyze potential sustainability within these areas.  The western part of the United States seems to have the most opportunity.

 Planning and Design of sustainable-development futures

 

Nominal Choropleth

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2007/10/some_cool_graph.html

This is a nominal are choropleth map of state winners.  This data does not describe much besides votes and state winners.  Nominal area choropleth maps are similar to other choropleth maps except it displays nominal or categorical data.

Unstandardized Choropleth Map

I created this map using ArcMap

This is an unstandardized choropleth map of unemployment rates in the United States during the year 2008.  An unstandardized choropleth map uses the raw numbers from the data rather than "normalizing" or "standardizing" the values.  You can see that the westernmost states suffer the greatest from unemployment rates, which is probably due to the high percentages of populations in this area.  I created this map using ArcMap and downloaded the shapefiles from ArcGIS tutorial.

Cartographic Animations

http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/JSHINKER/animations/global/

This is a cartographic animation of net long wave radiation shown on a global scale.  Cartographic animations add a temporal variable, in this case it is displayed on radiation. 

Statistical Map

http://kindredblood.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/a-tale-of-the-south-food-stamps-etc/

This is a statistical map of the 2008 Presidential Elections in the United States.  These maps show statistical data displayed over a geographic area.  These stats are broken down by county, red standing for Republican and blue for Democrats.  This map is a perfect example of how the cartographer can  change the projection of data and make the map look different from the results.  By looking at the map, you might immediately think that McCain won the presidential election but as we all know, Obama in fact won.

Continuously variable proportional circle map

 

I created this map using ArcMap

This is a continuously variable proportional circle map of Hispanic people in California normalized to the population in the year 2000.  These maps show each symbol proportional to the data such as shown above.  The larger circles indicate 1% Hispanic citizens in the total population of California, so all of the circles totaled up should equal the total percent of Hispanic citizens relative to the overall population.  I downloaded the data from the ArcGIS tutorial, clipped out the cities, and created six classes to distinguish different amounts of Hispanic populations.