Overview

Geospatial visualization helps identify patterns, trends, and relationships that are tied to specific locations. It is essential for urban planning, logistics, environmental science, and marketing.

Common Techniques

  • Choropleth Maps: Areas are shaded based on a value.
  • Heatmaps: Showing density of points.
  • Dot Distribution Maps: Each dot represents an occurrence.
  • Flow Maps: Showing movement between locations.
  • 3D Maps: Adding a vertical dimension to represent a value.

Tools

  • GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS)
  • Web mapping libraries (Leaflet, Mapbox, Google Maps API)

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