Thematic Mapping Techniques
Choropleth and prism maps
- Animated prism map in Google Earth
- Prism maps in Google Earth and UUorld
- Thematic mapping with GeoJSON
- Making maps with Google Chart API
- The polygon hole problem in Google Earth
- The first thematic map examples
- WKT to KML transformation
- Loading spatial data into MySQL
- World borders for thematic web mapping
Proportional symbol maps
- Proportional symbols in three dimensions
- Animated Colladas in Google Earth
- Proportional 3D Collada objects in KML
- Drawing 3D bars in KML
- Drawing regular polygons in KML
- Making proportional symbols in KML
- Proportional symbol mapping with OpenLayers
Chart maps
Animated maps
3D maps
- Proportional symbols in three dimensions
- Why 3D is not working #4: Am I sacrificing accuracy for eye candy?
- Why 3D works #3: Mother Earth gives us a clue
- Why 3D works #2: It’s all about prisms
- Why 3D works #1: Looking on the other side
- Animated Colladas in Google Earth
- Proportional 3D Collada objects in KML
- Drawing 3D bars in KML
- Animated prism map in Google Earth
- Prism maps in Google Earth and UUorld
General techniques
Here you'll find links to my various thematic mapping techniques. Most of the techniques are based on the OGC KML standard and open source toolkits.
If you find any of these techniques useful, please provide a link to this website.
You can also try these techniques by using the Thematic Mapping Engine.
