MapViewer provides you with several map types to present your data in the most informative way possible. You can combine most map types in a single window to present several types of data in a single map. The MapViewer map types include:

Base Maps

Base Maps contain boundaries that display areas that don’t have thematic data associated with them. Base Maps can be used in conjunction with other maps to display features such as roads, streams, city locations, and other boundary information.

Contour Maps

Contour Maps take discrete data measurements, interpolate between them to create a uniform grid, and then display lines of constant values.

Vector Maps

Vector maps interpolate discrete data measurements to create a uniform grid and display arrows that indicate the direction and magnitude of the steepest slopes across the grid.

Non-Contiguous Cartograms

Non-Contiguous cartograms represent data values by changing the size of the associated area objects while retaining their original shapes.

Pin Maps

Pin maps are point location maps that draw a point at a particular location on a map. 

Hatch Maps

Hatch maps use colors and fill patterns to represent data ranges or classes of data for each area on the map.

Density Maps

Density maps also called dot density maps, use symbols to represent data values for areas on a map. On a density map, each symbol represents some data value, so the number of symbols drawn in an area is in relation to the data values associated with that area.

Gradient Maps

Gradient maps display a continuous range of colors by interpolating between discrete data points.

Dorling Cartograms

Cartograms represent data values by changing the size of the associated area object. The Dorling cartogram replaces the original shape with a circle.

Symbol Maps

Symbol maps place a scaled symbol on an area, curve, or point location on the map. The symbols are scaled in proportion to the data values represented for each area or point.

Territory Maps

Territory maps group objects into territories and provide statistical information about the data associated with each set of objects.

Pie Maps

Pie maps are a way to represent several data values by drawing a proportionally sized pie chart for each location.

Bar Maps

Bar maps are a way to represent several data values by drawing a bar chart for each location.

Line Graph Maps

Line graph maps show line graphs of the data at each centroid location. By looking at a single line graph, you can see how the individual data value relates to the whole data set.

Prism Maps

Prism maps draw each area, curve, or point as a raised prism, where the height of the prism is relative to the associated data value. Classed colors can also be assigned to prism map boundary objects, allowing you to display two variables on a single map!

Flow Maps

Flow maps show data based on line thickness.  Flow map lines can be drawn from one base map object to another, or you can associate a data file with a base map of curves to create a flow map.