Illuminated choropleth maps

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-534

  Stewart, James ^a   Kennelly, Patrick J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CW Post Campus of Long Island University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Choropleth maps; Class intervals; Illumination models; Shading; Shadowing

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COLOR; MAP; POPULATION DENSITY; SHADING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77954059325     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.485449     Document Type: Article

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