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Map types

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Simo Paasisalo edited this page Oct 3, 2016 · 2 revisions

Map types

Below are the three main kinds of maps that you can create with MakeMaps.

  1. Choropleth Choropleth image Choropleth are one of the most common map types used when visualizing areal phenomena or statistics. A predefined area, such as a country or city, is colored by the value of the variable being visualized.

  2. Symbol maps Symbol map image Symbol maps are used to display map points with different symbols. MakeMaps has many different customization options for symbol maps: custom icons, symbols with scalable size, charts and diagrams.

  3. Heatmaps Heatmap image Heatmaps display the frequency of a phenomenon by coloring an area based on the displayed value with corresponding intensity. In MakeMaps, heatmaps can be created from layers with multiple map points.

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