Geography 12: Maps and
Mapping
Lecture 22: Thematic and Special
Purpose Maps
Special purpose maps
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Cartograms
Highway maps and Atlases
Weather and Climate
Geological maps
Historical maps vs. History Maps
Extra-terrestrial mapping
Journalistic maps
Tactual maps
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Automated algorithm:
Congressional Districts
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Iterative generation
Chernoff faces
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Abstract cartogram
Extraterrestrial mapping
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The glove compartment
Highway maps
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Climate change
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Temperature and precipitation
The weather
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Radar
Weather satellites
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GOES NOAA
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Geological map
Specialized Symbols
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Martin Waldseemueller 1507
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History maps vs. historical maps
The sky as globe/map
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X-ray surveys
Newspapers and magazines
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Television
Tactile maps
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Summary
• Many special purpose thematic maps
• Cartograms especially powerful
• Specialty maps for different applications
and disciplines, e.g. weather, geology,
travel
• Many different media: books, magazines,
newspapers, TV, internet
• Once uncommon, now part of the
everyday fabric of life
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