Thematic Mapping Engine

*) Preview only works for single year maps


Version history 2008

1.5 KML cleanup (25 July)

1.4 Enhanced colour scale and new bar map support (21 June)

1.3 Added various display controls (16 June)

1.2 New: Choropleth and proportional symbol maps (10 June)

1.1 Added support for Google Earth plugin (5 June)

1.0 Initial release (1 June)

Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualise global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata.

The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.

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Instructions

  1. Select a statistical indicator and one of the years available.
  2. Choose a thematic mapping technique.
  3. Proportional symbol: Choose type (image, regular polygon or Collada (3d)) and select a shape. Maxium symbol size can be changed.
  4. Colours: Choose colour scale or single colour. The colour scale can be unclassed or classed (equal intervals or quantiles).
  5. Select Time series or Time slider if you want to visualise statistics for all available years.
  6. You might edit the default map description. Click down arrow to open dialog.