Visualizing Climate Change With Maps
The choice of labeling and color can have a pronounced influence in shaping opinions when visualizing climate change on maps.
The choice of labeling and color can have a pronounced influence in shaping opinions when visualizing climate change on maps.
Spatialtemporal visualization are ways to illustrate changes in an area over time on a map. The famous geographer Immanuel Kant maintained that geography was the study of knowledge in a location, while history was the study of knowledge in time. This article explores different cartographic methods of showing changes in time over space on a map.
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