6-PLSS Maps

This PLSS map came from: http://www.fgdc.gov/library/whitepapers-reports/annual%20reports/2008/web-version/AppendixC.html. PLSS stands for Public Land Survey System, and is used to subdivide and describe land in an area. This map is a typical PLSS map of the United States.

5-Cadastral Map

This Cadastral map was found on: http://www.icsm.gov.au/mapping/maps_cadastral.html. Cadastral maps are useful for showing land boundaries or land parcels, and who owns it.

The following topographic map was noticed on: http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/wildfire/topography.htm

This type of map shows geographic features of an area, and shows contour lines that indicate terain direction, the rise and fall of the terrain, how gradual or severe the slope is, and other features.

2-Planimetric Map

A planimetric map depicts boundary longitude, latitude, water sources, land-use, and other features. These are sometimes used for things like highway maps. The planimetric map shows came from: http://geography.unco.edu/jdoerner/GEOG274/map.htm.

43 - Population Profile

This is the a world population profile that shows the age, gender, distribution, and number of people in the World Population. This kind of graph is quite useful, and as you can see shows impacts of one elements, AIDS, on the world's population. This map came from: http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y8331e/y8331e05.htm

50-Stem and Leaf Plot

A stem and leaf plot is a type of visualization that depicts the distribution of a dataset and shows the individual values. The values on the left are called the stem and the data on the right are called the steam. This type of graph is good for organizing large amounts of data. This plot was found on: http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/data/session3/part_h/homework.html

49-Box Plot Diagram

The boxplot diagram is a good map to show differences in data groupings, like in this case subjects, or in other cases, population. In some diagrams, spacing between the parts of the box show skew and spread of data, and can show the exceptions. This box plot digram was found on: http://www.xfy.com/manual/dev/developer/1.4/spec/spec_chart.html