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Cartograms

A Cartogram is a thematic map that distorts geographic space such that the area of each region is proportional to a selected variable, thereby replacing physical area with statistical magnitude while preserving topological relationships.

97

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4.3K

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172

Authors

105

Institutions

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2017–2026

16

Variants

Density-equalizing MapsValue-by-area Maps

Parents

Publications

97

Diffusion-based method for producing density-equalizing maps

Michael T. Gastner, M. E. J. Newman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 610 citations · Full text

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Materials Cartography: Representing and Mining Materials Space Using Structural and Electronic Fingerprints

Olexandr Isayev, Denis Fourches, Eugene Muratov et al. · Chemistry of Materials · 2014 · 298 citations · Full text

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Thirty Five Years of Computer Cartograms

Waldo Tobler · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 2004 · 247 citations

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AN ALGORITHM TO CONSTRUCT CONTINUOUS AREA CARTOGRAMS∗

James A. Dougenik, Nicholas Chrisman, Duane R. Niemeyer · The Professional Geographer · 1985 · 163 citations

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Spatially Ordered Treemaps

Jo Wood, Jason Dykes · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 2008 · 157 citations

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Authors

172

  1. SK
    Stephen Kobourov

    University of Arizona, United States

    8 publications · 316 citations

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  2. DA
    Daniel A. Keim

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    6 publications · 252 citations

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  3. BS
    Bettina Speckmann

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    6 publications · 191 citations

    6

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  4. CP
    Christian Panse

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    6 publications · 252 citations

    6

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  5. SC
    Stephen C. North

    AT&T (United States), United States

    5 publications · 207 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    632 citations

  2. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    442 citations

  3. AT&T (United States)

    Bedminster, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    228 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    127 citations

  5. Computer Algorithms for Medicine

    Graz, Austria

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    365 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    271 citations

  7. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    432 citations

  8. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    158 citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

    TVCG · 6 publications · 371 citations

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  2. The American Cartographer

    4 publications · 130 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Maps

    JoM · 4 publications · 71 citations

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  5. The Professional Geographer

    4 publications · 244 citations

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