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cartogram [′kärd·ə‚gram] (mapping) A type of single-factor or topical map that is often diagrammatic to show traffic flow, movement of people or goods, or value by area, where areas of the political subdivisions are distorted so that their size is proportional to their monetary value. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A cartogram is a map that conveys statistics visually. I suggest that world maps with countries colored by some statistical feature often would be more useful if done on a cartogram that is a compromise between population and size of countries, rather than on a map with a simple Mercator projection ("A Better Distorted View:' SN: 8/28/04, p. Here is our own State of the Union--graphs and a cartogram that show some of the changes taking place in the U. |
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