This website contains a large collection of maps (and associated information) that they are in the process of generating. Each map relates to a particular subject. Click on the 'Map Index' which gives thumbnail previews or 'Map Categories' which is classified to see the choice, and view a map and associated information. There is also a Site Map and Help page. The maps and data files cover 200 territories, mainly United Nation Member States plus a few others to include at least 99.95% of the world's population. For a map identifying them see the labelled territory map, and for a cartogram giving them all equal prominence see Appendix A (Areas Included). Further details about their names are given in Technical Notes for Land Area. Also shown on the maps are 62 other areas, mostly small islands, which do not have unique data but are assigned to and included in the data of the 200. For details see Appendix B (Islands Assigned to Territories). The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, otherwise known as density-equalising maps. The cartogram re-sizes each territory according to the variable being mapped. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
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