More than Just Lines on a Map: Best Practices for U.S Bike Routes
Visual styles of maps
1. The visual styles of
MAPS
José Jácome - Karina Jensen - Thomas Thibault
2. Discrimination with
TEXTURES & PATTERNS
SIZE
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
DENSITY
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
ORIENTATION
Good for
QUALITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Nominal
SHAPE
Ordinal
Good for
Ordinal
Quite good for
QUANTITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Ordinal
QUALITATIVE INFORMATIONS
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4. Discrimination with
TEXTURES & PATTERNS
SIZE
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
DENSITY
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
ORIENTATION
Good for
QUALITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Nominal
SHAPE
Ordinal
Good for
Ordinal
Quite good for
QUANTITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Ordinal
QUALITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Nominal
6. Discrimination with
TEXTURES & PATTERNS
SIZE
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
DENSITY
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
ORIENTATION
Good for
QUALITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Nominal
SHAPE
Ordinal
Good for
Ordinal
Quite good for
QUANTITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Ordinal
QUALITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Nominal
8. Discrimination with
TEXTURES & PATTERNS
SIZE
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
DENSITY
Good for
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Numerical
ORIENTATION
Good for
QUALITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Nominal
SHAPE
Ordinal
Good for
Ordinal
Quite good for
QUANTITATIVE
INFORMATIONS
Ordinal
QUALITATIVE INFORMATIONS
Nominal