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1. Where Google Street View is Available

2. Countries That Do Not Use the Metric System

5. McDonald’s Across the World

6. Paid Maternal Leave Around the World

7. The Most Common Surnames in Europe by Country

8. Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country

9. Map of Time Zones in Antarctica

12. Visualizing Global Population Density

17. US Map of the Highest Paid Public Employees by State

18. World Map of Earthquakes Since 1898

21. World Map of Vegetation on Earth

28. Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per Capita

31. Earth’s Population by Latitude and Longitude

Types of Maps

Choropleth Statistics Thematic Dot Distribution Proportional Arrows or Circles Political Relief Cartograms Density

Political Map

Physical Map (Relief)

Dot Distribution Map

Choropleth Map

Choropleth Map Population Density

Isoline Map contours

Isoline Map Temperature

Isoline Map - Sea level Air Pressure

Statistics Map Proportional Circles & Pie Graphs

Statistics Map

Proportional Arrows

Cartogram of ?

Sources of Cartograms

Types of Map Scales (Linear or Bar Scale) (RF)

Map Scales large - small

Large Scale Small Scale

1 : 10,000 Town Plan (large scale)

Political map of world Relief Map of Canada Population distribution Population change map Palestinian map: Kurds map Air pressure map Temperature map of Australia Contour lines and relief shading Contour lines Adoptees map Choropleth map Whites in US

Choropleth map adoptees Cartogram of flights Cartogram ofchild mortality Population density map India Proportional Arrow Map Map scales Goreham Map scales Atlanta gr/scale.jpg gr/scale.jpg Types of scales Bennekom map