Friday, April 23, 2010

Correlation Matrix


This is a correlation matrix of T7 phage proteins. It is related to mRNA.

Star Plot

This is a star plot of automobiles. Each star on this plot is representative of a different make of an automobile.

Mercator projection


This is the Mercator Projection which was widely used before the Mayor of New York outlawed it. He claimed that it was time to stop teaching our children that Greenland was the size of South America.

Waldseemüller map

This is the Waldseemüller map and it was published in 1507. This is one of the first maps to show North and South America. It also shows them as being separate from Asia.

Ptolemy's map

This is Ptolemy's map of the world. It was not a full map of the world but it was used by Christopher Columbus.

Catalan Atlas

This is only one of the maps from the Catalan Atlas. This one shows Europe and the Mediterranean in 1375.

Portolan chart


This is a Portolan chart, a map made during the Middle Ages and for mariners to navigate along coastlines. This chart is from around 1550 and from Italy.

Babylonian Clay Tablet map


This is a Babylonian clay tablet map and is also an early form of mapping. This map show Babylon at the center of the map, a common theme in early maps.

Codex Fejervary


This is the Codex Fejervary also a very early map form. This was made by the Aztecs and portrays the five directions of the Aztec universe. This is only one of many maps in a book made by them.

Cave painting

This is a cave painting that was made in Lascaux, France almost 16,000 years ago. This is one of the first type of maps known.

Statistical map


This is a statistical map of Scotland. It shows a land survey in 2005 and in particular derelict sites.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Bilateral graph


This is a bilateral graph showing Europe income, trade and transfers, Asian current accounts and net oil imports as a percent of U.S. gross domestic product. Notice the overlapping which makes this graph type unique.

Line graph

This is a line graph and is a type of geovisualization. This line graph is showing the recommended daily food servings for women.

Pie Chart

This image is of a pie chart, a type of geovisualization. This pie chart is showing the different coverings for areas of land in Hawaii. As you can see, most of it is sand and fossil reef.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Similarity matrix


This image is of a similarity matrix. This matrix is showing rRNA sequences for bacteria. This is a way for scientists to get a better look at the bacteria and will now be able to better characterize them.

Parallel Coordinate Graph

This image is showing a parallel coordinate graph. This can be used to view subsets of data and is part of geovisualization techniques.

Triangular plot

This image is of a triangular plot. This plot in particular is a scientific plot of Swiss patients with a particular disease. There are three different types.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Windrose

This image is of a windrose from 1683. It has copperplate engraving and is being sold for $210.

Lorenz curve


This image is of a Lorenz curve. The more the line is curved the more unequal the distribution of the population.

Standardized Choropleth map

This image is of a standardized choropleth map. The map is showing the standardized incidence ratios of low weight births by zip code in the state of New York.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Univariate Choropleth Map



This image is showing a choropleth map of Auckland, New Zealand. The legend shows the colors representing the percentage of Pacific Islanders in the census. It is univariate because it shows a single data set.

DOQQ


This image is of a Digital Orthographic Quarter Quads also known as DOQQ. This image was taken on the U.S. Geological Survey in Necedah, WI. This is a gray-scaled infrared picture.

Isopach

This image is showing an isopach map. This was taken from the Kansas Geological Survey and shows Schaben Field and the Anadarko Basin.

Isotachs


This image shows four graphs depicting isotachs. These graphs are from the National Weather Service in Morristown, TN. It is showing different tornado events.