GEO123 Lecture 4 :: Activity by fabs

Assess this newspaper map:

fabs — 2022-03-22 14:55:12 UTC

Assess this map from the course book UNDG Mapping for a sustainable world, p. 43.

fabs — 2022-03-22 15:06:59 UTC

What could be improved...

2025-03-11 10:49:38 UTC

.. title is missing; theme, space, and time should be included …ambiguous legend labeling, values are classed twice

.. color scheme could be improved, perhaps bi-variate, given the positive and negative values.

..the class sequence in the legend could be improved, based on the logic from small to large values .. labeling could be included in the map for relevant highlighting information

…author and source information, including graphic map scale are missing

What works well...

2025-03-21 15:31:20 UTC

..balanced layout

..well chosen labeling hierarchy

…well contrasted color scheme ..well chosen equal area map projection

missing data included in the legend

What works well...

fabs — 2025-05-04 09:13:02 UTC

..balanced layout

well chosen labeling hierarchy ..well contrasted colors

..inset map

…author and source information, including graphic map scale

What could be improved...

fabs — 2025-05-04 09:14:20 UTC

..either normalize data for choropleth mapping or change to graduated symbol map or cartogram for mapping total population values

..title is incomplete; theme, space, and time should be included ambiguous legend labeling, values are classed twice ..map labeling could include major cities where people live ..areal units are unclear - add labeling of zones that are

2026-05-19 09:13:54 UTC

+ regional boundaries

+ additional explanations

+ visual balance of the layout

+ colour scheme

2026-05-19 09:17:17 UTC

- total number of indigenous people (Allthough it seems the area sizes and absolute data could broadly represent actual density in this case)

2026-05-21 13:04:43 UTC

+ Colour association of the positive GDP growth

2026-05-21 13:08:48 UTC

- Colour scheme not ideal. It could also be a spectrum even though it's supposed to be a diverging colour scheme. Furthermore blue and green are very similar and thus not the first choice for such a map.

- Legend Layout

- small countries difficult to interpret