Dot Distribution map

This is a dot distribution map reporting the number of AIDS cases reported within various region within the population for the United States. When viewing this map type it can be misleading because the dots randomly plotted unless a vector imagehas been utilized, which most designers don not as it is more tedious to construct.

Propoganda Map

This is a propogranda map created by the Nazi which has a political content and is expected to get intentional emotion out of it's viewers, by providing a biased view of what the designer thinks the citizen of Germany should know about it's inhibitants.

Hypsometric Map

This is Hypsometric map is a map that distinguishes elevations progression within a specific geographical location through the use various colors and isohypses.

PLSS

This is a Public Land Survey Syestem also known as PLSS. The coordinated pair for each parcel boundary forms will help to create a grid shape known as townships which is deemed useful in land descriptions

Cadastral Map

This is a cadastral maps, it shows color coded boundaries for each district on the map. This type of map is used mostly to determine land or parcel ownership but in this particular instance it is being used for boundaries.

Thematic Map

This is a thematic map which is displaying bivariated information such as the average soil depth in Illinois and water sources running through the area, whether its is a major river or a watershed.

Topographic Map

This is a topographic map that shows quantative landscaping information through the use of contour lines. This map is useful because it also shows natural and man made resources such as bodies of water in the surrounding areas or mineral deposits, which is useful for strategical or landscape planning.

Planimetric Map

This is a planimetric map of Lake George in the New York area. What I like about these maps is they focus on information that I would find useful such as street names, local venues, and roadways. This would be useful for planning routes on at a glimpse of this map.

Mental Maps

This is a picture of a mental map, in other word the way our mind interprets our understanding of something, whether it is a step by step process or a route to a geographical location.