Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
I agree. Great Mapplication! Same with MassStat.
It does, however, lead me to a "wish list" item which I have discussed with
Caliper tech staff but thought I'd air here for a list response.
The way hi res county maps appear, with the county outlines distorted by
larger bodies of water and their outlines, sometimes even interior lakes
with "holes", really looks distracting. It's real obvious with the
national election map at smaller area views, and the MassStat site seems to
have the same problem with MCDs.
I know why it happens: the Import Tiger function and the choices of
importing with and without water blocks, avoidable only by GISDK scripting
(to keep all the water blocks) using raw Tiger files. For me that ends up
only being a minor irritation because I use lots of Tiger block file maps,
but for regular users (or those not using DK) it can be a real pain.
Thematic maps really get chunky with big holes and counties get arbitrarily
separated if dissected by a water body -- and that confuses the county
border identification.
I also am aware of the alternative by including (by default) water blocks.
States like New York have county boundaries that extend into surrouonding
water bodies like Lakes Erie and Ontario, and Long Island Sound and the
Atlantic, equally distorting the common sense "image" of the state and its
counties.
Isn't there any alternative?
David Buckley
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