>Right. The problem is that these transforms alter the shape of the map so
>much that it loses its meaning as a map, IMHO. And the weighted county by
>county map is worst of all -- it looks like a maddened animal restrained
>by lilliputian filiments. Which I guess has a certain sense to it :o) but
>not the one I'm looking for.
Yeah, I saw your other email later. You know what would work? a 3-D map.
Each population center would rise out of the map to indicate population
density.
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>Talking this over with Jordan, it began to strike me that maybe the way to
>do this would be with a 3-D map, with population density represented by height.
oooo. geez. typed the above before I read that. I'll leave it, though, as proof of the effervesence of great minds thinking alike!
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>Also can anyone think of a program that might be able to generate such a
>map given the proper data?
http://www.esri.com/industries/elections/graphics/results2004_lg.jpg
Wapo already published a 3d map: http://www.bopnews.com/archives/002306.html#2306
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