Sharing a recent research byproduct: rounded 1M-pop gridded #cartogram based on 2025 #population, totaling 342 units. It's not easy to balance recognizable state shapes with accurate adjacencies. In #LEGO form, I also added cities in 1M-pop increments. Which of the two styles do you prefer? 🟨🟡

Day 11/100: Geography lies 🗳️

Romania 2019 elections. 5 cartogram algorithms compared.
București: tiny geographically, massive electorally.

Distortion = information.

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#100DayMapChallenge #Cartogram #D3js

Dit plaatje is geografisch correct, maar demografisch volstrekt misleidend. De Hond weet dat een dergelijke kaart een vertekend beeld geeft als het om electorale steun gaat. Zijn keuze om geen #cartogram (gevormd naar bevolkingsaantal) te gebruiken maakt dat mensen als Fabiënne hun hart vasthouden.

Isodemographic Map of Canada. by University of British Columbia, Canada Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Canada Policy Research and Coordination Branch. Published in 1971. Shows census division boundaries, census metropolitan areas, selected census major urban areas, selected incorporated cities, and provincial and international boundaries Based on Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1966 census of Canada. Areal scale: one square inch represents 60,000 people. Legend in English and French Indexed for census divisions The extreme spatial contrasts in population density in Canada, partly due to the advanced stage of urbanization, make a conventional map an unsuitable base to use in the presentation and analysis of many population characteristics. A map of Canada has therefore been devised in which the areas occupied by census units are proportional to their population. In addition, separate maps of the twelve largest urban centres have been devised which show census tracts in the same manner but at a larger scale. The necessary transformation of the area and shape of census units was achieved mechanically by means of physical models of Canada and the individual cities in which the populations of the units were represented by appropriate numbers of 1/8” diameter steel ball bearings. The final output, termed an isodemographic map, is a graphical refinement of the physical models to which boundary detail and some topographic features have been added to aid the user. An Isodemographic map is a type of cartogram in which the size of each area (e.g., country, province, city) is proportional to its population. (Synonym: density-equalizing map) 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.

Legend for the Isodemographic Map of Canada. First Edition. Printed 1971. Based on Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1966 Census of Canada. Areal Scale: One Inch Represents 60,000 people Shows Census Division Boundary, Census Metropolitan Area, Selected Census Major Urban Areas, Selected Incorporated City, International Boundary, Provincial Boundary

Cover of Isodemographic map of Canada Authors: L. Skoda, J. C. Robertson Print Book, English, [1972, ©1967] Publisher: Dept. of the Environment, Lands Directorate, Ottawa, [1972, ©1967] Physical Description: viii, 34 pages illustrations, maps (2 folded color in pocket) 28 cm.

Page 6 from the Isodemographic map of Canada by L. Skoda, J. C. Robertson. Dept. of the Environment, Lands Directorate, Ottawa, [1972, ©1967] Page notes: the process of Orthomorphic transformation including Figure 5. Shape deformation principal: a hypothetical situation in which map grid lines designate segments of territory with different populations,

#cartogram classic

#Isodemographic #Map of Canada
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Evident in the pin holes & damaged edges this map was in heavy use through the years.

More info. in the Isodemographic map of Canada #Geographical Paper No. 50 by L. Skoda, & J. C. Robertson
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Now please make it a #CARTOGRAM because a lot of that big red space barely has any people in it.

How does that look with a #CARTOGRAM that illustrates numbers of voters?

🇧🇴 Bolívie dnes volí prezidenta 🇧🇴

⬢ Areas do not vote, people do ⬢

#BoliviaVota #Bolivia #BoliviaVotes #Cartogram

Agri-GDP in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (2022) 🌻

Cartogram shows regional values

#Kazakhstan #Agriculture #GDP #DataViz #RProgramming #Cartogram #DataAnalysis #Population #Visualization

📊 Interesting Hungarian ethnic #cartogram. Each district is a mini chart

Which UK constituency has the most fish and chip shops? constituencies.open-innovations.org/themes/socie... ^SL
#HexMap #Cartogram

One day one map
Football

Source: Mad Maps 2019
#Cartography #Football #Cartogram

Here's a first🐍hack. The objective function only includes distance from original position. Optimization is mixed-linear programming. I'd like to include a "clustering" term to punish gaps, but its hard to encode. #gis #cartogram #datavis @driven-by-data.net

Cartogram of 299 German election districts

For the German election we wanted to use a cartogram of German election districts but didn't find anything good, so we created our own. Here's a little nerd thread how the final algorithm worked 🤓 🧵 #gis #cartogram #election #datavis #cartography

Meaning Behind the Word: Cartogram Cartogram is a term used in the field of geography and cartography to describe a unique type of map representation. Definition A cartogram is a map that distorts the geograph...

Meaning Behind the Word: Cartogram #Word #Meaning #Cartogram #Geography #Map #Variable #Population #Economic #Election #Advantages #Limitations #Visualization #Data #patterns #Distorted #Shapes

Your own previous version makes much more sense. This data really wants to be a #choropleth #heatmap or a #cartogram.

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Thank you for using a #Cartogram This is a much more clear and honest way to report numbers of people rather than acres of land. 🙏

#30DayMapChallenge Day 18 (3D): Sharing this 3D rendered graphic of #LEGO #cartogram of #USPresidentialElection 2024, with two photos of the physical map. View full images: cartoguophy.com/maps/electio.... (Wow, I didn't know Bluesky can send out two posts at once!)

#30DayMapChallenge Day 18 (3D): Sharing this physical #LEGO #cartogram of #USPresidentialElection 2024. View full images: cartoguophy.com/maps/electio...

Interactive Map - The World As 1,000 People
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartogram #world #global #population #infographic #representation #decline #populationhealth #populationgrowth #demographics #countries #Africa #Europe #northamerica #southamerica #Asia

I’ve not seen as much fun with cartography in years as people are enjoying @mapbox #cartogram. Seriously though, some amazing inspiration.

Das vorläufige Ergebnis aus Österreich auf einer Karte proportional zur Stimmenzahl. #Kartenanamorphote #cartogram twitter.com/austromorph/status/73446...