Mapping Population Data from Zone Centroid Locations
Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersPublished 1 January 1989
David Martín
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Abstract
The author describes the difficulties associated with the use of maps to represent census data. "A review of the problems associated with population mapping is followed by a discussion of [an alternative method known as] a raster method for handling census data, based on population-weighted centroids, and its implications for GIS "[geographic information systems]." The geographical scope is worldwide, with an example provided using data for Wales.
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