Map Types

From cartograms to contour maps, cartographers are like heroes. And every hero has a secret. If you want to build unbeatable maps, here are 25 map types.

While graduated symbols and proportional symbols scale the size of the symbol based on value, dot distribution maps use dots for quantity.

Cartographers use lines to show the movement of phenomenon in flow maps. To show the magnitude, they change the width of flow lines.

Cartogram maps distorts reality to convey information. It accomplishes this by resizing and exaggerating any variable using a polygons geometry.

In a Voronoi Diagram, when you take a point in any given Thiessen polygon, it indicates that it’s closer to that generating point than to any other.