This papyrus map dating back to ancient egypt was found in a modern day tomb near the modern city of Lexor. It is reportedly from sometime between 1839- 1057BC.
Cave drawings
Cave drawings are beleived to be some of the oldest forms actual maps such as this one that is beleived to be from 20000 years ago that wasfound in Europe.http://mammalsphere.googlepages.com/2midmammalsphere.html
Isotherm
The isotherm lines on a map are the lies that bring together areas of the same temperature. This is what we typically see on weather brodcasts. The areas of similar temperature are then shaded in with the appropriate colors typically wih greys and blues representing cold temerature and oranges and reds meaning high temperatures.http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/u-z/weather_isotherm032401.gif
stem and leaf plot
A stem and leaf plot allows the information to be charted acording to frequency. This exammple plots how may birds visit are visiting the feeder.www.qacps.k12.md.us/cms/sci/tools/MATHTBX.HTM
cartographic animation
Cartographic animation is usually used to demonstrate chronological temoral data. The cartographic animation above represents Africa in different points of time and is demonstrating the years in which African countries gained independence.
Stastistical
Statistical maps can be used to demonstrate just about any kind of data. This map of the Denver areas show changes in the ocurences of larcenies from 2000-2001.
Black and white aerial photo
I was raised in San Diego and am a huge Chargers fan so I was really trying to find a Qualcomm stadium pic but couldn't so I figured I would go for the next best. A photo of the entire city.
Political
It seems like no matter where you may be the country doing the teachinig always has a map with their country or continent front and center. This is a map from an educaion site in Asia.
Unclassed Choropleth
I was shocked by this unclassed choropleth map. The map shows how many acres are harvested for sale in the US. I always thought the middle of the country was farm country bu it does not look so green. However the areas in the middle of the coutry are broken in to much smaller segments which is on of the downfalls of this type of map because looks can sometimes be deceiving.
Nominal Area Choropleth
This nominal area choropleth maps shows which minority group has the highest percentage population in each of the 50 states. Nominal Choropleth maps organize and show data that is based on a nominal catorgy rather than one that is able to be ranked.
Proportional Circle Map
Proportional circle maps use circles of varying sizes to represent a certain number of the varible being mapped. In this map of the wes it is mapping the number of Mexicans residing in eaach of the states. The legend shows individual circles of absoulute sizes and the circles in the map are sized relative to how close the population is in a particular area to the circles in the legend.cartogram
Cartograms are maps which are distorted in order to portray a particular varible. This cartogram shows the areas of the world with the size based on the size of the countries economy rather than actual physical size. These kind of maps are used frequently in propoganda to make push some type of issue or reinforce some point.
DOQ
Digital orthophoto quarterquads are satelite images that have been corrected so the pixels align with lines of lattitude and longitude. This DOQ is of the San Francisco Bay area, one of my favorit places!http://online.wr.usgs.gov/ngpo/doq/doq_history.html
Digital Raster Graphic
A digital raster grahic or DRG is basically a paper map that was created by scanning the actual "hard copy" of the map. This is a portion of a DRG of the Washington DC area.http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs08801.html
Isoline
Isolines are used on maps to show areas that are similar. There are several different types of isolines and isloines can be used for different types of data. This map uses isolines and shaes the areas based on wind speed.http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0034-isolines.php
Isopleth
Maps which measure the pH in precepitation in the us are call Isopeth maps. This map is from the epa and shows the levels oh pH in the rainfall across the entire country.http://www.epa.gov/CASTNET/deposition.html
Isohyet
The lines on this map are ishyetal lines. They join together areas of equal rainfall. This map shows the average yearly rainfall over Guam for the last 50 or so years.
geologic map
This is a geologic map of the island of Guam and the different colors on the map are used to represent the different geological componets that make up the land of the island.http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri034126/pdf/fig02a.pdf
Isotachs
In this map the isotachs are the brown dashed lines. The lines connect points with equal wind speed accross the country.http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/images/ua_300w.gif
Satelite Image
WOW!! I thought this picture was amazing this is hurricane Katrina south of Louisianna. The center of the storm looks so neat and perfect. It is hard to beleive that something that looks so beautiful from above as it does in this satalite image can cause such destruction on the land. This is something that no one wants to see coming toward them.
Histogram
Histograms like this one are used to display frequency. This graph is displaying the frequencies of scores on a 10 question math quiz.http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/power/ch9/histograms/histo.htm
Triangular Plot
This is a map that was creatte to show the possible outcome of the election based on polls in the UK in 2005.http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/wwwitter/20050407-it_doesnt_matter_how_you_vote_either_way_your_planet_is_doomed.html
Scatter Plot
This scatter plot shows the relationship between alge and fish diversity. Each point on the graph represents a particula study site where the sample was taken from.
http://henge.bio.miami.edu/coastalecology/GEalgaefish.htm
http://henge.bio.miami.edu/coastalecology/GEalgaefish.htm
Stick Map
Although so different from what we think of maps today stick maps like this on helped the islanders navigate many years ago.
Choropleth Map
Choropleth maps are a type of thematic mapping that is best suited to mapping even distributions. This map displays water use in the US including some territories.
Flow Map
This flow map shows the truck flows out of Texas. The thicker the line the more tons that are transported.
Contour Maps
Contour maps display lines of constant value. This type of map is popular with meterologist in showing the weather. This map shose the expected highs for a parrticular day accross the entire country.http://www.mpassociates.gr/software/distrib/science/golden/mapviewer7.html
Dot Distribution
Being a military wife I had to include this one. This is a dot distribution map showing the distribution of military families in the state of Ohio.http://operationmilitarykids.ohio4h.org/resources/map.html
Hyposomentric
This hypsometric map is of Canada and uses different color tints for each different inteval.
The shading is used to show elevation from sea level.
Climograph
This climograph shows the monthly rainfall and temperaturs for the year right here in Guam. As the graph shows the temperature here is about the same all year and we have two seasons wet which runs from about June to October and Dry which goes from about November to May.http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/preview_lesson.php?&passid=74
Population Profile
A population profile can be displayed in so many different ways. I chose these population pyramids because I think they are a great visualy for this type of data.http://ourtimes.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/world-population-baby-boomers/
Isobars
I thought this isobar map seemed a bit different because it shows horizontal isobars. Normally when I have seen Isobar maps the are circular surrounding a pressure system.http://www.newmediastudio.org/DataDiscovery/Hurr_ED_Center/Hurr_Structure_Energetics/Closed_Isobars/Closed_Isobars.html
Infrared
This infrared aerial photo was taken off the coast of California over point loma. It shows a kelp harvest track in the center.Mental Map
This is a mental map drawn by someone of what seems to be there home town in Illinois. In an individuals mental map you are able to learn a little about them, it seems that church is something that is important in this persons life.http://www.uky.edu/~ulack/Geo152/unnumbered%20figure%20pg%2003.jpg
LIDAR
LIDAR technology uses lasers lights on the bottom of a plane to scan the surface and return information on the terrain below. This LIDAR is of ground zero in lower Manhattan.
DEM
Nothing to fancy about this one. This is just a pretty basic Digital Elevation Map of California.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Digital-elevation-map-california.gif
Planimetric Map
Planimetric maps are used to display horizontal information whiel ignoring the verticle. They are great for directions. This one is shows the area around Lake George in NY.
Thematic Map
This is a thematic map of the east highlighting demographic profiles from the 2000 census. This one show the states with refrence to their median age.
Aerial Photograph
i wanted to inlude this Aerial Photograph of Big Navy in Guam. This is where I live.
WindRose
Windrose charts like this one from Tuscon Arizona make it easy to visualize the wind patterns for an area for a particular month this one is from February. The colors tell the wind speed and the length that the pedal extends tells the pernent of time the wind blows and of course the direction.http://www.philip-lutzak.com/weather/Meteo%20410/PROJECT%203/PROJECT_3%20Page%202%20Tucson%20Climatology.htm
Shaded Releef Map
This is a shaded releif map of Arizona. The shading gives a clear picture of the terrain and different elevations. The lowest elevations are bright green with the highest elevations being shaded purple and forest makes up the green and yellow.
Propoganda
I thought this map was really neat and unique. It shows the world at the start of world war one from an Asian point of view. The map was created in Japan in 1914bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/.../asia-on-world.html
Box Plot
This box plot is from a site about Montana and it shows the Red River discharge for the month of March. The website also includes a chart that give the infomation for April. May, June and July as well.http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/hydrosphere/expert/rrf/box1.gif
Star plot
This is an example of a star plot. This particular map shows the crime rate in various major US cities.
Topographic Map
This is a topographic map of the Island of Rota in the CNMI. What I found interesting is the steep incline on the Southern part particularly the South West side. The North side of the island has a much more gradual incline.
PLSS map
This PLSS map is of Kirkland Washington. The ellipsoid is Geodetic Reference System 1980 (GRS 80). The horizontal datum is North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83/91) and the vertical Datum is Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).Doppler Radar
This is a Doppler Radar image of Hurricane Andrew as it hit Miami. I like how it has included some street names to really give a feel for where it is. It is interesting to see how different each band is especially with the blackness of the center where the decibels of z are so low then the how quickly it turns to bright red on the complete opposite side of the dBZ scale.Polution
This KML file shows the plants that output toxins into the air in West Virginia. I added the roads as a layer to show where they are in relations to major highways. Each of the little red flags is a a plant or mine and by clicking on them it brings up the company name the parent company name and information on the types and levels of toxins that are put off by the plant.
Vegitation
This is a remote sensing image that displyas vegitation across the globe. It is from http://www.vito.be/.
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