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A cartogram (also called a value-area map or an anamorphic map, the latter common among German-speakers) is a thematic map of a set of features (countries, provinces, etc.), in which their geographic size is altered to be directly proportional to a selected variable, such as travel time, population, or gross national income. Geographic space ...
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Create your own custom hexagonal cartogram map for the upcoming US Elections. Color an editable map, fill in the legend, and download it for free to use in your project.
Cartogram maps distorts reality to convey information. It accomplishes this by resizing and exaggerating any variable using a polygons geometry.
A cartogram is a type of map where the areas of regions or countries are distorted to represent a specific data value, like population or economic size. It’s a cool way to visualize data that might be hard to grasp otherwise.
A cartogram is a map in which the geometry of regions is distorted in order to convey the information of an alternate variable. The region area will be inflated or deflated according to its numeric value.
A cartogram is a map that actually functions as a chart by distorting the size of geographic areas (such as countries or states) in proportion to numerical values they represent. Here are two nice examples by John Tomanio, Director of Graphics at National Geographic.