I found this interesting, reminded me of Lab 3 (Mollweide). Hope you are able to zoom in for a better view.

A late posting of Lab 10. As the adage goes better late than never.

This is a re-posting of the final project with accompanying info. The project is a map of recorded fatal injuries occurring at work places across the US for the year 2007. The data for this project was mainly gathered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) www.bls.gov . These were cross-referenced with data from Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) www.osha.gov, US Census www.census.gov , and from some particular state such as California http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html and www.doli.state.mn.us/mnosha . The project is still a work in progress and although it does not currently depict two attributes, the dot format was very time consuming and in the spirit of meeting the deadline, it was necessary to produce something albeit a tad short of the specifications. As mentioned during the presentation I initially found using the shadow effects quite challenging, but I have since practiced some more with it and I think I am beginning to get the hung of it. I am also contemplating on revisiting the project and creating a bivariate map using the same data just to see how it turns out. So keep checking for coming attractions.

Links

Hi all, here are some links I found interesting:-

1. www.maphistory.info (this site is designed to appeal to a wide range of people from armature cartographers, professionals, collectors and those just plain intrigued by cartography. It offers comments cartography tips on researching related topics and links to sites where u can purchase maps & other fancy stuff. The site has ease of navigation, it's resource & activities center lists a bunch of categorise ranging from conferences & talks, exhibitions, fakes & forgeries to fellowships & prizes).
2. www.cartographersguild.com (One of the more interesting feature of this site is the collection of fictional maps which present a glimpse into the techniques for making maps e.g copperlate in the 20th cent. use of color, clarity & wealth of detail etc. It posts a forum for discussion which seems to have some interesting topics. If you want to purchase historical, antique prints & maps, or cartography software there are quick links to get u there. There is even a link to jobs in cartography).
3. www.radicalcartography.net (While the first two sites seem to have more historical content I found this site mostly has contemporary topics. The maps are oriented more towards representing socio-political and economic subject data. The categories range from histograms, infographics, time zones, scale comparison, etymology and US economic footprint).