and pleth (value)] Maps in which areas are distinctly colored to illustrate the average values of things within those areas NYTimes – 2016 Election Results Pros Cons - Can be used to report values at nearly any scale, nearly anywhere in the world - Very useful for finding hot spots - Particularly useful for finding anomalies when data are normalized - Areas aren’t uniform; gives larger areas more importance, when this may not be the case (e.g., sparse populations) - Can’t drill down any more than the given boundaries