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Applications for Gridded Cartograms

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In most applications cartograms are still used as unusual visualisations, so that this element of unconventional and sometimes provocative mapping remains in the focus of cartographic display. This may explain the reluctant use of cartograms as a basemap to show additional information. The potential of using gridded cartograms as both, a basemap, and an adaptable map projection for a multitude of applications has been demonstrated in the previous chapters. Gridded cartograms open a wide range of new applications that redraw the diverse geographies of the world. To show that potential requires further demonstrations of how this technique can be applied to uses that are of broader value to more than an enthusiastic group of peculiar geographers. While the previous chapters looked at conceptual issues and a general assessment of the cartographic values of the gridded cartogram technique, this chapter employs the technique to a broader range of application areas.

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Notes

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    Northern Ireland is omitted in these maps. Most votes there went to local parties that only stand for election in that region.

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    If you do not agree to that unacademic notion of expectations of a map, you may not be a map addict (and should therefore try to align your mind by reading the thoughts of Parker 2009).

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    Information about the percent of tree cover is part of a mapping project by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Chiba University and collaborating organisations (ISCGM 2005).

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    During the research I have not found any work on cartograms that are not based on land-area transformations.

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Hennig, B.D. (2013). Applications for Gridded Cartograms. In: Rediscovering the World. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34848-8_6

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