Sunday, July 17, 2011

Range Graded Proportional Circle Map

The data is divided into "arbitrary" data ranges that may not offer the most accurate representation of the real world by creating groupings that do not naturally exist.  The cartographer chooses symbol sizes for adjacent classes so that the map reader can easily distinguish between circle sizes, and therefore, categories. This map depicts the different colors of rivers that Lewis and Clark observed (circles) along with what mode of transportation the rivers afforded (lines).

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