Unit-vector density mapping

Stephen J. Lavin; Randall S. Cerveny

doi:10.1179/caj.1987.24.2.131

Unit-vector density mapping

Stephen J. Lavin, Randall S. Cerveny

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An automated mapping technique, termed unit-vector density mapping, is introduced as a new method of displaying continuous surface vector quantities. With this graphic procedure, the density of short standard-length line segments (unit-vectors) with, or without, arrowheads represents geographical magnitudes and unit-vector orientation shows direction or movement. This paper describes the plotting algorithms for producing unit-vector density maps and demons-trates the versatility of this technique in a number of geoscientific applications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	131-141
Number of pages	11
Journal	Cartographic Journal
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/caj.1987.24.2.131
State	Published - Dec 1987
Externally published	Yes

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