Nominal Area Choropleth Map

Nominal area choropleth maps reprsent nominal data without any particular ranking. With nominal data it is important for the mapper to choose a color scheme with equal density since the goal is not to distinguish between data values but just to be able to distinguish between classes. Below is a map of safe drinking water for a particular region the data is not ranked it is only showing differences in classes.




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