This is a LIDAR image of lower Manhattan. It shows the height of the builings in 3-D. You can see the height of the "rubble" from where the World Trade Centers fell. It helped with the plans of recovery.
In this infrared aerial photo, the red shades indicate vegitation (and the tone of red indicates how well it is growing); tan or green indicates dead vegetation; green, blue or white can indicate ground areas, depending on the moisture and composition of the soil.
This is a black and white aerial photo of an area in Kansas. Aerial photos are good for showing actual sizes and distances because it is an actual photo. This photo shows roads, highways, houses, water, buildings, and more.
This is a Doppler Radar picture of Hurricane Charley. Doppler radar picks up the precipitation (and may also pick up fog, smoke, etc.). The green and blue shades are the lighter precipitation. The yellow, orange and red (and sometimes purple) are where the heavier precipitation is.
This is a statistic map of the change in burglaries from 2001 to 2002. It gives the number and the percentage of burglaries of each county. The counties that decreased in number seem to be a little clustered together (as with the increased in number). There is also more increased numbers of burglaries than decreased.
This is a cartogram of the World's economy. It shows that North America, Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea have the largest GDP. Countries that have lower GDP are represented as physically smaller on the map (proportionally).
This is a flow map of how to make a peanut butter sandwich. You start with "Get two pieces of bread", and follow the arrows and directions until it says "Eat and Enjoy". It is a step-by-step process.
This is a propoganda map made, most likely by the British, about what the Nazi Parti's goals are. It shows that the Germans plan to slowly take over.
This shows the average soil depth for the Illinois River Watershed area. It shows that the soil depth is deeper in the southwest part and along major watershed areas, and shallower where there are not many major watersheds (with small exceptions).
This is a Planimetric map of Lake Geogre. It shows the relative horozontal distance of different features of a landscape. This map has all roads and most major trails, railroads, airfields and ferry lines, boundary lines, buildings, and most water features.
This is an example of several different star plots. They show different observations about different cars, including Price, Mileage (MPG), 1978 Repair Record (1 = Worst, 5 = Best), 1977 Repair Record (1 = Worst, 5 = Best), Headroom, Rear Seat Room, Trunk Space, Weight, and Length.
This Correlation map shows the correlation between different regions (US, Japan, UK, Europe, Asia, and Engineering Markets) and principal bond, forex markets, equity regions, sectors and styles of investing. The red shows areas of high correlation, while the green shows areas of low correlation.
This is a Digital Elevation Map of the Hartnet syudy site. It shows that there is a higher elevation in the northwest part of the site, and a lower elevation in the South West part of the site.
This is an example of a DRG map. This is scanned from a USGS topographic map from an area near the Colorodo River.
This is an Isopleth map of Hydrogen Ion concentration in the United States in 2003. It shows that there is more Hydrogen Ion concentration in the western part of the United States, and the least amount in the North East.
This is an Isoline map. It shows the mean annual precipitation for Mexico from 1919-1953. The units are in millimeters. This also shows that there is more rain concentrated in the southern part of Mexico and in the Yucatan Peninsula
This is a Dot distribution map. It tells the approximate population in each area in the united States. Each dot represents 7,500 people. The Eastern side of the united States is far more populated than the Western side.
This is a Choropleth map. It shows the ratio of males to females throughout the United States. The intervals range from 89-92, 93-95, 96-98, 99-101, 102-104, and 105-107 males to 100 females in each state. It looks like there are more males to females in the Western part of the United States than the Eastern part, especially in Alaska.
