Extra Credit--Map examples

There were many fun and interesting examples of maps to be found, these were among my favorite:

1)Heating degree days--this was an interesting color contour map where the red represented warmer areas and the cooler areas were in white. It was neat to follow the contour lines as well as the colors.

2)U.S. Population Density--loved the colors and the white borders of the states, not the traditional black or dark borders--it draws you into the map.

3)Federal Land Ownership--subtle use of colors but it really makes you look into the western part of the country especially.

4)Tracking the West Nile Virus--a neat bivariate map that uses prism height, little difficult to interpret because of the boundaries of some of the states but interesting nonetheless.

5)Chernoff Faces Map of Health Issues in Chicago--liked this map because of the topic, the faces and the colors.