Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Statistical Map: Coal Production in Don Basin

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statistical_map_of_coal_production_in_Don_Basin.jpg

Statistical Maps are important because they are able to represent distances that are relative to properties other than physical distance, and thus use 'relative scaling.' For example, this particular map depicts the Coal Production in Don Basin, with the size of the the coal carts depicting the amount of coal produced.

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