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Issues of Scale Using Color
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Scale Issues
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What is map scale? The scale of a map is the relationship between a unit of length on the map and a unit of length on the ground.
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Verbal scale “One cm represents 100 km” Bar scales (graphical) Representative fraction (RF) 1:24,000 Map Scales
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Representative Fraction A 0.025 inch line on a 1:24,000 scale map represents 50 ft (600 in) on the ground A 0.025 inch line on a 1:200,000 scale map represents almost 417 ft on the ground
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Scale Issues Beware of scale statements 1:200 (“one to two hundred”) does this mean unit-to-unit (one inch on the map equals 200 inches on the ground) or not unit-to-unit (one inch on the map equals 200 feet on the ground) For this course, all scale statements will be assumed unit-to-unit
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Scale Issues large scale vs. small scale To a geographer: 1:2,000,000 is small scale 1:200 is large scale
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Importance of Scale Scale of data plays an important role, and frequently causes problems All spatial phenomena have scale dependent behavior/properties Be aware of: Data source scale Mixing data from different source scales Appropriateness of output scale
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Scale Issues Data from different sources and scales can vary widely 1:100,000 scale data from USGS DLG
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Scale Issues 1:1,000,000 scale data from DCW (DMA)
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Scale Issues 1:2,000,000 scale data from USGS DLG
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Using Color
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1990 Wabern, 1983 What can color do? Label Measure Represent or imitate reality Beautify
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1990 Primary home heating fuel. U.S. Department of Commerce
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1990 Primary home heating fuel. U.S. Department of Commerce
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1997
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1997
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Displaying data: colors From Tufte 1997
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Color Blindness
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http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Blindness http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Blindness http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Blindness http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Blindness http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Models RGB
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Color Models CMYK
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Redundant Coding
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http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Redundant Coding http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
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Color Schemes
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http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Color Schemes http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorSch/Schemes.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer.html Dr. Cynthia Brewer / Department of Geography / The Pennsylvania State University
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Specifying Colors in ArcMap
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Homework Read: “Creating Feature Datasets & Vector Editing” & “Creating and Modifying Tables” Start working on assignment #4 -- Due April 26.
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