Designing choropleth maps: What projection to choose?
Gabriela Molina discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different map projections in her article on medium.com. When using thematic maps, so-called choropleth maps, she advocates the use of equal-area projections, as they correctly represent the size of land masses and thus of countries and regions.
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Figure: Five examples of equal-area projections
Read the full blog-post at medium.com: Designing choropleth maps: What projection to choose?
More information on the work of Gabriela Molina and the Team of project A01: Measuring the Global Dynamics of Social Policy and Cross-national Interdependencies. Co-creating the Global Welfare State Information System
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Gabriela Molina León
CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
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28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-57067
E-Mail: molina@uni-bremen.de
