190 Jahre Choroplethenkarten – ein Zwischenresümee

Author(s)
Florian Hruby
Abstract

Paying tribute to the 190th anniversary of choropleth mapping, this article aims to summarize the state of the art of a method that, since its beginnings in 1826, has become one of the most popular approaches of thematic cartography. In a typological manner, we will review pros and cons of the standard version compared with alternative choropleth methods. As we shall see, the fundamental characteristics inherent to this technique, i. e. enumeration area improvement and data classification, have been a constant driver of cartographic innovation for almost two centuries.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)
Journal
Kartographische Nachrichten
Volume
66
Pages
58-65
No. of pages
8
ISSN
0022-9164
Publication date
01-2016
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
507003 Geoinformatics, 105407 Cartography, 507004 History of geography
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all), Geography, Planning and Development
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/190-jahre-choroplethenkarten--ein-zwischenresumee(f519e7da-e315-4d28-9297-72e557ed9b60).html