----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Nat Case" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:25:08 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: Great choropleth map Note, this is essentially standard Bureau of Labor Statistics coloring. See their also very interesting PDF showing the same data over 18 years (1990-2008 annual averages): http://www.bls.gov/lau/maps/cnseries.pdf Nat Case, Head of Production HEDBERG MAPS, INC. Creative Cartographic and Marketing Solutions http://www.hedbergmaps.com 612-706-9686 1500 Jackson St NE, Suite 314 Minneapolis, MN 55413 USA -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Great choropleth map Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:40:29 -0500 From: Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> My main issue with this map is the appropriateness of giving 5% unemployment a bright red color, as it suggests that 5% is the proper point at which people should feel alarmed. If so, we should have been alarmed 82 of the last 119 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Unemployment_1890-2008.gif Kathleen Weessies Geosciences Librarian Head, Map Library Michigan State University 100 Library W308 East Lansing, MI 48824 [log in to unmask] Phone (new) 884-0849 The Map Library main number remains 517-884-6467 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Great choropleth map Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:52:59 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] I'm sure everybody has seen this, but just in case... http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal. html One map worth about a zillion words. TM Toby Main State Library of New Mexico 1209 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe, NM 87507 --