Simple thematic mapping

Maurizio Pisati ()
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Maurizio Pisati: Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Stata Journal, 2004, vol. 4, issue 4, pages 361-378

Abstract: Thematic maps illustrate the spatial distribution of one or more variables of interest within a given geographic unit. In a sense, a thematic map is the spatial analyst's equivalent to the scatterplot in nonspatial analysis. This paper presents the tmap package, a set of Stata programs designed to draw five kinds of thematic maps: choropleth, proportional symbol, deviation, dot, and label maps. The first three kinds of maps are intended to depict area data, the fourth is suitable for representing point data, and the fifth can be used to show data of both types. Copyright 2004 by StataCorp LP.

Keywords: tmap choropleth; tmap propsymbol; tmap deviation; tmap dot; tmap label; thematic map; choropleth map; proportional symbol map; deviation map; dot map; label map (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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