Flow Map- How to get ready for school

A flow map, like the one above is a map simply depicting a flow or progressive movement.  A flow map starts with a central point, and ideas or steps stem from the central point, and begin to flow and build on each other to reach a final product.  This map shows the flow of a student's morning at Frankley School.  It begins with the central point of waking up at 7: 15 am, and flows through a series of steps until the final product is reached.  In this case the final product is arriving at school.http://frankley.school.nz/uploads/images/flowmap_lge.jpg

Box Plot

This is a box plot, or a box and whisker plot.  In this case, the data being measured is the essay scores of a control group, and an experimental group.  The boxes show where most of the data falls.  For example, the blue box in the Ed tech Science category shows that most test takers in the control group scored between 1.00 and 3.00 with 2.00 being most common.  The outlier data, or whiskers show that although the majority scored between 1.00 and 3.00, some test takers scored as low as 0.00, and as high as 5.00.  Therefore, a box plot is a useful visual tool to display a data set.
http://www.etips.info/papers/2experimental.html

Cartogram- GDP per capita of the world.

This map represents a cartogram.  The boundaries of a cartogram are exaggerated to show a relationship between the data as to which boundary has more or less of something.  In this cartogram, the world is shown, and the countries with the highest GDP per capita are enlarged, and colored red.  The countries with the least GDP per capita are downsized and colored blue.  As you can see, the United States is greatly exaggerated and takes up more land area than South America, Australia, Japan, and South Korea combined.  This is obviously not true, but gets the point across that the U.S. is a strong economic country.http://ibgeog2009.wikispaces.com/Economic_Interactions

PLSS map of FL, AL, LA

The map above illustrates the Public Land Survey System.  PLSS is a useful way to subdivide land into plots for ownership purposes. Each red square on the map represents a township, which is 6 miles wide by 6 miles wide.  Each township is then subdivided again into 36 equal sections, measuring 1 mile by 1 mile.  This individual map shows  how land is divided in the Florida panhandle, Alabama, and Louisiana.  The purple outline represents Franklin county, Alabama.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alfrankl/landrecords.htm

Bilateral Graph

This is an example of a bilateral graph.  A bilateral graph can show 2 or more different sets of data on the same graph.   This graph shows trade of clean energy products between the United States and China.  The blue bars indicate exports, while the white bars indicate imports.  The red bars show the trade deficit.  It  is clear, that the US has been importing far more clean energy products than it has exported from 2006 to 2010.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/10/china-and-international-rules-self-interested-or-malign/64747/

LIDAR- Ground Zero

Lidar, stands for Light detection and ranging.  Lidar maps  are a good way to show elevation without using direct photography.  Buildings can be shown, as one side of the building lies in shadow and can be depicted by lidar.  This is a before and after lidar image of ground zero in NYC.  You can seethe two towers in the first image, and the absence of them in the second replaced with piles of rubble.http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/911-maps.html

Wind Rose Map

The image above is a wind rose.  A wind rose is a useful tool for  meteorologists and forecasters,  interested in wind patterns for certain areas at certain times.  It is a circular plot, meant to be inset over a compass.  Each orbital represents a higher frequency of wind, with the center being zero.  The shading is meant to show direction the wind is blowing from. with the center being the originhttp://www.kids.esdb.bg/wind.html