This sample map shows the percentage of minorities in the school districts. Using many gradients, I was able to create ranges that are very similar in color. Therefore, I was able to show that in the small area of CT, the percentage of minorities was similar throughout the towns/cities. If I wanted to show extreme differences, I would have used less gradients and ranges and had colors that contracted each other. In this map, There was a big range, but the colors representing each gradient was a similar color.
In the second map, I used data from IPC. I calculated the total number of injuries in CT and also added in population statistics. Using those stats, I was able to calculate the injuries per capita. Most cities/towns had a relatively low level of injuries. However, to make the map show an extreme difference, I used many gradients, but also chose different colors to represent each. For instance I used blue, orange, and red to show a greater contract between colors.
The third map shows the same data, but using the same color. Because the ratios are so low and similar, it looks like as if there is no difference in ratio of injuries in each town/city. However, this is not the case since the Hartford area as well as Cromwell, have the highest ratio, but it is not shown in the third map