Cartography

Use this for “On a cylindrical equal-area map of a 10 cm globe, how high is 60° N drawn, and how are shapes stretched there?”

Use this for “The Mollweide map keeps every country’s area true but bends shapes near its edges. Is it conformal, equal-area, equidistant or a compromise?”

Use this for “How far is it from (40° N, 75° W) to (52° N, 1° W) along the shortest route over the globe?”

Use this for “Write the latitude 40° 26′ 46″ N in decimal degrees.”

Use this for “County A has 340 cases among 85,000 people; county B has 900 among 450,000. Which county should be shaded darker on a choropleth?”

Use this for “The largest city, 1,000,000 people, gets a 20 mm circle. How big a circle does a city of 250,000 get?”

Use this for “You have the median household income of every county in a state. Which kind of thematic map shows it best?”

Use this for “A map shows each farm’s main crop: wheat, corn or soy. Should the symbols differ by hue or by size?”