Monday, August 30, 2010

Chloropleth Map



Chloropleth maps show statistics through different shades of color on a map. This map is showing how many million gallons of water each state uses. Blue is the least and red is the most.

Hypsometric Map



A hypsometric map is a measurement of how high or low something is with images and colors. In this map the highest points, mountains, are all in blue.

Mental Map

A mental map is what someone can picture in their mind to come with things like directions somewhere or drawing a map of somewhere they've been, or drawing a picture of something they've seen.