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190 Jahre Choroplethenkarten — Ein Zwischenresümee

190 Years ofChoropleth Mapping — Some Interim Conclusions

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Zusammenfassung

1826 veröffentlichte Charles Dupin das erste Beispiel eines Kartentyps, der heute unter dem Namen „Choroplethenkarte” zu den verbreitetsten Darstellungen thematischer Kartographie zählt. Dieser Beitrag nimmt den 190. Jahrestag dieser Methode zum Anlass, die Standardvariante, ihre Vor- und Nachteile sowie Alternativen typologisch zusammenzufassen. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die der Choroplethenmethode zugrunde liegenden Probleme der Bezugsflächen- und Datenklassifikationsoptimierung bis heute ein Motor kartographischer Entwicklungen geblieben sind, weshalb die Choroplethenkarte auch 190 Jahre nach ihrer Erstveröffentlichung nichts von ihrer Innovationskraft verloren hat.

Abstract

Paying tribute to the 190th anniversary ofehoropleth mapping, this article aims to summarize the state of the art of a method that, since its beginnings in 1826, has become one of the most popular approaches of thematic cartography. In a typological manner, we will review pros and cons of the standard version compared with alternative choropleth methods. As we shall see, the fundamental characteristics inherent to this technique, i. e. enumeration area improvement and data classification, have been a constant driver of cartographic innovation for almost two centuries.

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Dr. Florian Hruby ist Kartograph an der National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) in Mexiko-Stadt; Lektor am Institut für Geographie und Regionaforschung der Universität Wien; Mitherausgeber von meta-carto-semiotics -Journal for Theoretical Cartography

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Hruby, F. 190 Jahre Choroplethenkarten — Ein Zwischenresümee. j. Cartogr. Geogr. inf. 66, 58–65 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03545206

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