http://freegeographytools.com/2007/easy-display-of-thematic-data-in-google-maps-and-google-earth Exploring the world of free tools for GIS, GPS, Google Earth, neogeography, and more. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:05:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://freegeographytools.com/2007/easy-display-of-thematic-data-in-google-maps-and-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-482 Leszek Pawlowicz Sun, 20 May 2007 23:16:02 +0000 http://freegeographytools.com/?p=192#comment-482 <p>Well, I was about to insist that "chloropleth" was correct, when I saw this in Wikipedia:<br/>"Choropleth is often misspelled as chloropleth - with an extra "L" - because it is mistakenly assumed that the name of the map refers to its use of colour."<br/>Interesting - I've seen "chloropleth" more often than "choropleth". You learn something new every day. Thanks!</p> Well, I was about to insist that “chloropleth” was correct, when I saw this in Wikipedia:<br/>”Choropleth is often misspelled as chloropleth – with an extra “L” – because it is mistakenly assumed that the name of the map refers to its use of colour.”<br/>Interesting – I’ve seen “chloropleth” more often than “choropleth”. You learn something new every day. Thanks!

]]> http://freegeographytools.com/2007/easy-display-of-thematic-data-in-google-maps-and-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-481 Anonymous Sun, 20 May 2007 22:45:03 +0000 http://freegeographytools.com/?p=192#comment-481 "chloropleth map" - typo? It's choropleth. “chloropleth map” – typo? It’s choropleth.

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