Wednesday, April 2, 2014

12. Isoline maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/
Isoline map has continuous lines that connect points on map to indicate places with equal values, altitude, temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind shear, direction, etc. Isolines are effective in communicating the distributions that are being examined (in this case, precipitation) quickly. Meteorologists commonly use isolines for weather analysis. We will be exploring the many types of Isoline maps in the coming blog posts.

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