Choropleth & Proportional Symbol Mapping
For this assignment we were tasked with making a map showing the population density & wine consumption in Europe. The density map is a choropleth map showing the highest density in red and the lower densities in light orange. The wine consumption map uses graduated symbols to show the counties that consume the most wine. The color scheme I choose was the orange to red color scheme. The lower population densities are in shown in a lighter orange color and the higher populations are a bright red. I believe that this color scheme fits best with the idea of higher dense areas are red indicating a busy area while the lighter orange shows the less crowded and less dense areas. This scheme of orange to red best shows the data highlighting which counties have high density compared to the ones that are in a lighter orange that do not. Using the natural breaks method, I believe that this divides the data in a way to evenly distribute the classes so that one class does not have all the data and still highlights the high and low population countries. I choose the graduated symbols. I felt like it best represented and showed the wine consumption data. Albers projection, this projection is equal area conic projections. It uses equal area to ensure areas on map are accurately represented. This map projection is good for choropleth maps on continental scale because all countries can be seen and aren’t distorted making it easy to find smaller countries and make sure that each color for a country is seen well.
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