The two maps illustrate the income distribution by region in Connecticut. For the first map, I want to “lie” a little bit about the household income distribution visually so that the income distribution looks similar and equal in the state. I chose a wide range of data from 29,313 to 130,000, where most of the data falls into. On the other hand, there’s only few data falls in the other two ranges. So on the map there is little difference among various household income.
For the second map, I want to display an “inequality” of the median household income in the state, so I set a different range. In this map, one range doesn’t have such a great jump as the one I set for the first map. In this way, there are similar amount of data in each range and I could show the great difference in median household income on the map.
Doris – Veronica and I agree that your two maps demonstrate your understanding of the concept. However, we would like you to change the color scheme for map 2 to make a sharper contrast. The yellow and orange colors are so similar that it makes the map seem continuous. Please update and email Veronica when it’s done.