Propaganda Map 2

This map is much less humorous in nature. It is directed to inspire and show the USSR how much more powerful it is than other countries. The map is actually somewhat accurate, in terms of shape and size if one takes the perspective into account; but if one does not the perspective violently skews the actual sizes of the countries to look much smaller than they actually are, and make the USSR look much bigger. Since map making is so largely based upon proper representation of fact, I felt it necessary to add two into the blog.

Propaganda Map 1

Propaganda Maps can be used for a number of different ends. They usually skew reality in order to suit one person or groups purposes. In this instance the map is being used to satire Ronald Reagan. Whether his is meant maliciously or only as a joke, the map skews violently the true areas of the world, to make the US and USSR look by a large margin the biggest, and other areas much smaller by comparison (also there are little text notes on the map showing Reagan's opinions of certain areas).

Hypsometric Map 2

I wanted to include this Hypsometric map as well, because it uses not only area shading to convey elevation information, but it is done with 3D rendering as well, to provide light and shadow further emphasising the elevation differences. Also this appears to be a classed map, in that there are about three different colors each correlating to a different elevation range

Hypsometric Map 1

This is a Hypsometric map of the moon. Hypsometric maps convey elevation information, in this case in the form of area shading. Maps of this type can be "unclassed" which is to say that there are no breaks in the different colors, that the colors ramp directly with the elevation given a certain equation, so there can be as may colors as there are heights.

PLSS Map

Unfortunately, most of the PLSS Maps I could find all linked back to other students map pages. This particular PLSS map is showing an area of the Forrest Service Regions. The map itself appears to be a nominal Chloropleth map showing Forrest areas, but the zoomed in insert is an example of a PLSS map dividing the areas into townships based on a zero point. Each township is divided into thirty six sections, each one square mile.

Cadastral Map

This Cadastral map shows the partitioning of land parcels over an area of delaware county. Cadastral maps are used to show ownership of land and can use a number of partitioning systems to do so, one such being the PLSS system.

Thematic Chloropleth Map 2

I chose a second thematic chloropleth map to show how interval data could be represented. Here there is a distinct zero point and each color represents a numerical range of data, in this case the classes used are according to the equal steps method, in that each color is assigned an equal amount of the range (each color = total range/# of classes).

Thematic Map

This is a thematic map showing different soil typs over the contiguous U.S. This is a nominal chloropleth map, in that the area shadings simply refer to different soil types, and they are in no way ordered and have no numerical significance.

Topographic map

This is an example of a topographic map. Topographic maps show relief features usually through contour lines, which connect areas with a similar numeric variable (in this case elevation). Topographic maps can be very useful when attempting to get a feel for the actual landscape, and are most useful where the assumtion that the land is mostly flat does not hold (as it does typically within a city). Topographic maps are Hypsometric maps specifically dealing with relief.

Planimetric Map

This is an example of a planimetric map. It shows no relief features; it is represented strictly in two dimensions. These maps are commonly used as street maps, where relief features are not particularly necessary. In this case it appears to be a map of a facility, probably used to navigate the area.

Mental Map 2

I also included a second mental map. This map represents some form of a flow diagram. This is a person's representation of a series of events (or causes and effects). It is interesting to note that this map and the previous mental map (Mental Map 1) can be classified in the same map category

Mental Map 1

This is a picture of a mental map. It is a person's representation of an area called the Nottingham City Centre. The reason that this can be classified as mental map as well as a planimetric map is because it is drawn from a person's memory, which would be their personal mental representation of the area, and probably not as accurate as a true projection.