Cartography vs Cartogram - What's the difference?
cartography | cartogram |
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
(dated) Generally , a map used to indicate geographically-bound statistical information, typically region-by-region values of a given variable, for example by using different shadings for different ranges of values.
* 1888 October, Dewey, Davis R., "Elementary Notes on Graphic Statistics", in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology Quarterly , Volume II Number 1, published by the students (1888–1889), p. 99,
* 1895 , "Book Notes", in Academy of Political Science (U.S.) and Columbia University Faculty of Political Science, Political Science Quarterly , Volume X Number 3, Academy of Political Science (1895), p. 560,
Specifically , a map-like graph where the relative areas of graph regions are proportional not to the relative areas of the land regions they represent, but rather to another quantitative variable, such as population or gross domestic product.
As nouns the difference between cartography and cartogram
is that cartography is (uncountable) the creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography while cartogram is (dated) generally , a map used to indicate geographically-bound statistical information, typically region-by-region values of a given variable, for example by using different shadings for different ranges of values.cartography
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(wikipedia cartography)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* cartologyDerived terms
* cartographer * cartographic, cartographical English words suffixed with -graphycartogram
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(en noun)- […] whether, however, two states with these respective ratios do not consequently sufficiently differ […] as to warrant distinction in the cartogram , is open to question.
- The fifth cartogram illustrates the criminal statistics for the period 1882-91, which are of unusual interest because […]