maps part 2

Question 1

progressivist perspective

Answer 1

cartography is something that gets better and better and better over time

Question 2

indigenous cartography

Answer 2

socially constructed and particular to it’s own time

Question 3

general reference map

Answer 3

it shows the locations of a variety of different features (e.g. water bodies, coastlines, roads vegetation)

Question 4

large scale general reference map

Answer 4

topographic maps

Question 5

small scale general reference map

Answer 5

maps of states or continents in atlases

Question 6

Thematic maps

Answer 6

• special purpose maps
• concentrate on the distribution of a single attribute or the relationship between several
• portray the variation within a class of features
• maps of election results , average annual income, precipitation

Question 7

History of thematic mapping

Answer 7

thematic maps evolved from the mid-16th century( Robinson 1982); first primarily concerned with the physical environment
Relatively rare and unusual until the early 19th century
thematic mapping of social phenomena takes off from the late 1820s

Question 8

the reason thematic mapping of social phenomena took off in the late 1820s

Answer 8

the state was becoming more interested in social and health data (cholera outbreak)
1801 was the first sentence, so we have data that covers the whole country in a uniform way
industrial revolution was in full swing so economic data, urban migration data as there was a changed in populations
mapping was an attempt of the state to get a grasp of what was going on

Question 9

charles booths london poverty map

Answer 9

detailed social investigation
sent people with diaries who looked at how people live
and then created a map darker pen people who lived poorer and lighter pen is people who live richer/better

Question 10

things to think about when doing chloropleth mapping

Question 11

potential digitizing errors

Answer 11

double line
missing lines
missing labels
overshoot
soils
undershoots

Question 12

what is attribute data?

Answer 12

content
stats
texts
images
sound

Question 13

cons of census data

Answer 13

public and private organisation(e.g. Experian for lifestyle classifications (Mosaic)
International organisations (e.g. Experian for lifestyle classifications
field surveys