Wednesday, December 4, 2013

map 4 critique

Above is a map of the number of Physicians per 10,000 population by county in the year 2000.  One drawback of this maps is the lack of any scale or north arrow.  The map is very legible and clear, and has a good level of visual hierarchy.  However, it may have been best to make the background a different color than white because some of the data is also represented by the color.  However, the figure ground is still sufficient due to the distinct county lines that distinguish the map from the background.  It is also unclear what "Missouri = 22" means.

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