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Barry Kronenfeld Cartograms

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October 15, 2015
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Barry Kronenfeld Cartograms

NACIS

October 15, 2015
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  1. Where the
    People Are
    Barry  J  Kronenfeld
    Eastern  Illinois  University

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  2. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Motivation 1: Aesthetics
    “...general readers often find all forms
    of cartograms equally obscure,
    strange and difficult to follow.” -
    Manting Tao (2010)

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  3. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    A catalog of monsters?

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  4. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Cartograms of a different era

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  5. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld

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  6. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Motivation 2: Error Distribution
    USA
    1.07x  too  large  
    West  Bank/Gaza  Strip
    3.22x  too  small  
    Singapore
    1.93x  too  small  
    India
    1.02x  too  small  

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  7. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Motivation 2: Error Distribution
    Benjamin  Hennig  on  the  World  Population  Atlas
    hGp://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=832
    possible  
    error  
    source??

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  8. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Objectives
    1.  Create  software  for  manual  cartogram  
    construction
    2.  Manually  construct  USA  states  cartogram
    3.  Assess:
    r  accuracy
    r  aesthetics
    r  feasibility

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  9. 1. Software Environment
    for Manual Cartogram
    Construction

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  10. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Cartogram Studio

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  11. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Grid Transformation Framework
    source  grid   target  grid

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  12. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Adjust Target Grid
    World  Population  
    Atlas

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  13. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Adjust Target Grid

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  14. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Adjust Source Grid

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  15. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Adjust Source Grid

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  16. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Dot-Density Metaphor
    1  dot  =  5  million  
    people  

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  17. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Adjustment Tools
    q  Rectangle  Transform  Tool
    q  Line  Transform  Tool
    q  Smudge  Tool

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  18. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Rectangle Transform Tool

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  19. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Rectangle Transform Tool

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  20. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Line Transform Tool

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  21. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Line Transform Tool

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  22. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Smudge Tool

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  23. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Smudge Tool

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  24. 2. USA States
    Population
    Cartogram

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  25. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Construction Process

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  26. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Construction Process

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  27. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    USA States Population Cartogram
    (final)

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  28. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Source Grid as Dot-Density Map

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  29. 3. Assessment

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  30. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    3a. Accuracy Assessment
    20% 30% 50%
    15% 45% 40%
    POPULATION:
    SIZE:
    APPORTIONMENT  
    ERROR:
    5% 10%
    + = 15%

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  31. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Error Comparison
    SCAPETOAD  
    0.52%  APPORTIONMENT  ERROR
    CARTOGRAM  STUDIO
    0.22%  APPORTIONMENT  ERROR

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  32. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Error Comparison

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  33. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    3b) Aesthetic Assessment
    SCAPETOAD  
    (DIFFUSION  ALGORITHM)
    CARTOGRAM  STUDIO
    (MANUAL  CONSTRUCTION)

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  34. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Alabama

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  35. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    West Virginia

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  36. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Wyoming

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  37. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Oklahoma

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  38. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    OK, but what about regions without straight
    borders?

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  39. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Decide for yourself...
    SCAPETOAD CARTOGRAM  STUDIO

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  40. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    3c. Feasibility
    q  Work  in  Progress
    r  personal  results
    r  classroom  experience

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  41. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Conclusions
    q  accuracy  !
    r  easy  to  handle  small,  high  density  regions
    q  aesthetics  !
    r  possible  to  preserve  straight  lines
    q  feasibility  !*
    r  proof-­‐‑of-­‐‑concept  demonstrated
    q  Future  Work:
    r  User  Testing  &  Distribution

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  42. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    USA Cartogram & Cartogram Transform tool
    available on my website
    hQp://ux1.eiu.edu/~bjkronenfeld/

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  43. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Cartogram Transform (ArcGIS Tool)
    Cartogram as Projection

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  44. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Mississippi & Columbia Rivers

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  45. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Acknowledgements
    q  EIU  Council  on  Faculty  Research  (CFR)  
    Grant
    q  Software  built  on  Dot  Spatial

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  46. Population Cartograms Barry J Kronenfeld
    Questions?

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