GISCafe Voice Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Using cartograms as an alternative mapping solutionFebruary 27th, 2012 by Susan Smith
Benjamin D. Hennig at the University of Sheffield will be doing a plenary session at the Population Specialty Group Session at the AAG Annual Meeting in New York this year. He is including a new map of New York City.
“The gridded population cartogram of New York City is a first step towards a more detailed approach to using cartograms as an alternative mapping solution for larger scale urban areas. The following map was created with the help of GIS data from the NYC Department of City Planning and small-area census data of the most recent census in 2010.” – Benjamin Hennig http://bit.ly/wFESzF | #geovisualisation Tags: AAG, cartograms, census data, data, geospatial, GIS, mapping, New York City |