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Create your own: distorted map (cartogram)

There are currently no commercial applications that create cartograms, although some routines are available on the web from Cartogram Central and World Mapper.

Carbon atlas cartogram

Cartograms are distorted maps, where the geographic areas represent data values, but retain (at least some) similarity in shape to the original map. The Cartogram above shows each country of the world, with the circle size representing annual carbon emissions, the World graphic at the top-right used to establish colours used for continents, and the bar-chart and table at the bottom showing data values in ranked order.

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Electoral Map

This swingometer simulates voter’s change of preference among the main parties as well as the size of the change and its potential impact on the political landscape in each constituency.

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Electoral Map: change exploration

This is a 'swingometer', designed to explore the changes each party requires to gain a majority in parliament.

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