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Date: April 25, 2013 05:02PM
acerbicone Wrote:
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> There actually is a cartographic technique that
> enlarges the size of certain countries/regions to
> show relative size of something. It seems the
> maker of this map is trying imitate that without
> the proper program or knowledge of how to do it.
> This one reminded me of the obesity problem in the
> USA.
Really? So what do you think is wrong with the diffusion-based method for producing density equalizing maps that was used to create this map:
http://www.pnas.org/content/101/20/7499.long