choropleth map

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Noun1.choropleth map - a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas
map - a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
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Child Poverty -- Figures of child poverty around the country differ, but if you, as I did, make a choropleth map, you'll find it is minimal in Thimphu and rises the farther it goes from there.
Elections 2018
A choropleth map presents geographical areas shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the displayed statistical variable, such as per-capita income or voting districts.
Hexagonal hierarchical cartogram: Towards a thematic map of Brazil
Figure 1 depicts the choropleth map of age-sex-standardized CRC incidence rates (adjusted for all the factors in the saturated model), which ranged from 10.6 to 1026 (per 100 000) in 1985 to 2012.
Geographic variation and factors associated with colorectal cancer incidence in Manitoba
The choropleth map in Figure 3 shows the smoothed incidence rates of NSCLC across Manitoba from 1992 to 2008.
Geographical Variation and Factors Associated with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Manitoba
Caption: Figure 3: Differences of 10 m wind and wind speed (choropleth map, unit: m [s.sup.-1]) between URBAN and PRE-URBAN test (URBAN minus PRE-URBAN) for daytime (06:00 UTC) and nighttime (18:00 UTC), during 1-2 January 2010.
Simulation of the Impacts of Urbanization on Winter Meteorological Fields over the Pearl River Delta Region
The choropleth map identified significant clusters of leprosy in Kebbi state in the North West geopolitical zone of the country at P < 0-01.
Spatial distribution of leprosy in Nigeria
Road densities of different towns were mentioned through choropleth map. Incidence of different road accident events were geo-coded on the Google earth with the help of information provided by the victims or their relatives in hospitals, subsequently the most appropriate location were marked with the support of RTIPC officials and NED University along with the students of Department of Geography, University of Karachi.
Impacts of Signal Free Corridors on the Incidence of Road Traffic Accidents in Karachi
If the index shown on a choropleth map has a composite nature and has been calculated on the basis of a set of subindices, the polylines from parallel coordinates may enable the users to get an insight into these subindices, and as demonstrated earlier, it can be straightforward.
Do choropleth maps linked with parallel coordinates facilitate an understanding of multivariate spatial characteristics?
Cartographer pair wise compares the importance of the setting of coordinate system of software with the library of point, line and area symbols or with the possibilities to create choropleth map or an automatic function of generation of legend.
Cartoevaluation method for assessment of GIS software
A common thematic map, and the type used in our research, is a choropleth map. A choropleth map is one in which the data or enumeration units are represented by patterns or colors.
The design of tactile thematic symbols
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