Thursday, April 8, 2010

Cartogram


This image is a Cartogram Map of the projected state wins for the 2008 Presidential electorial vote. A Cartogram is a map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area. This map highlights whether or not the Democratic Presidential Nominee (Obama) or the Republican Nominee (McCain) is projected to win based on the popular vote.

This Image was taken from: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Cartogram-2008_Electoral_Vote.gif&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cartograms&usg=__9LV0wF1ZOnp49gbeDN6pJDVOppA=&h=850&w=1000&sz=49&hl=en&start=28&itbs=1&tbnid=iTPkZ4hQQPWk8M:&tbnh=127&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcartogram%2Bmap%26start%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

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