cartogram

[kahr-tuh-gram]

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noun

a diagrammatic presentation in highly abstracted or simplified form, commonly of statistical data, on a map base or distorted map base.

cartogram

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From the French word cartogramme, dating back to 1885–90. See carte, -o-, -gram ¹

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C20: from French cartogramme, from carte map, _chart ; see _-gram

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Countries below 1 million population are not shown in the cartogram.

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Take a look at Campaign Zero's policing reform legislative cartogram.

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This is the first of three cartograms, which is a fancy word for a map specifically geared toward a comparative display of statistics.

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A far better solution would be to use a conformal population cartogram.

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Each hexagon on this cartogram from FiveThirtyEight represents an electoral vote.

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