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Forum: Maps & Cartography: from a custom building to sales territories Topic: Adequately scaling maps |
marcelopaglia |
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:07 pm
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Hi, Thanks for your prompt and clear reply (you didn't include the link to more information... :)). I'm still a bit dubious about safely resizing maps to compare characteristics (like GDP or population) across countries. If I get it right, the scaling applies to the frames around the maps and to the... |
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Forum: Maps & Cartography: from a custom building to sales territories Topic: Adequately scaling maps |
marcelopaglia |
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:22 pm
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I want to use maps to compare the size of the U.S. economy vis-a-vis China's. Since the U.S.'s GDP adjusted by purchasing power parity is 60% larger than China's, I'm scaling the US map by 160%. However, I'm not sure if the scaling is applied to the actual territory or to the box around the map. Mor... |
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