Friday, April 23, 2010

Cartographic Animations

(click to see animation)

Cartographic animations show changes over time. This map shows the path of the tsunami that devestated Indonesia back in 2004. This map is too small for me to determine if there is raised relief, however there seem to be colors on land that indicate relief (although no key is available), and even the tsunami waves are color coded, which I assume refer to the height of the wave as well. Therefore, I would have to classify this map as hypsometric and chloropleth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_100px.gif

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