Chapt

erNo.
1:-Di
str
ibut
ionalMaps.

Q2.Answeri
nbr
ief
:-
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1)Expl
aint
heuseandt
ypesofdi
str
ibut
ionalmaps.
Answer :-Thr oughdi str
ibutional maps, dist r
ibutionofv arious
variablesi nar egioni sshown.Di stributi
onoft emper atur e,rainfall
,
popul ation, etc.isshownont hemapaccor dingt ot hedat aoft hese
variables.Thesemapsar eusef ul toexpl aint hedi stribut ionoft hese
variablesi nt her egi on.Suchmapseasi l
ybr i
ngoutt hepat ternsof
distri
but ion.Todr awdi stri
but i
onal maps, weneedst atisticaldat aof
thev ariables.Di stributioncanbeshowni nt hreeway swhi char eas
foll
ows: -
a)Dotmet hod: -Adotmapi spr epar edusi ngst atistical data.Theway
av ariablei sdi stri
but edthroughoutt heregi on, thedot sar eusedt o
showi tsdi stri
but ionont hemap.Forexampl e, t
hepopul at i
onofa
region, thedi stribut ionofcat tl
e, etc.
b)Chor opl ethmet hod: -Inthesemaps, thedat ar egar dingv ari
ous
geogr aphi cal var i
abl esi sshownbyshadesort intsofv ar iouscol ours.
Whi lemaki ngsuchmaps, thedat ausedf ordi fferentv ar iablesis
obtainedt hroughv ar i
ouspr ocessessuchasmeasur ement ,surv eyi
ng,
etc.
c)Isopl et hmet hod: -Inthesemaps, thedi stributioni sshownwi ththe
helpofl i
nesshowi ngequal val
ues.Whent hedi stribut ionofav ar i
able
i
scont inuous, thei sopl ethmet hodi st henusedt oshowi ts
distri
but ion.Forexampl e,altit
ude, temper atur e,rainf all,
et c.
(
2)Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenchor
opl
ethandi
sopl
ethsmet
hods.

Sr
.no. Chor oplethmet hod I soplethmet hod
Thedat af ordiff
erent Thedat af ordi f
ferent
geogr aphical geogr aphi cal
variablescanbe vari
abl esi ssepar ated
1 represent edbyusi ng byusi ngi solines
diff
er entcol our whichar el i
nesj oi
ning
shadesorbl ackand t heplaceshav ing
whi tepattern. samev alue.
Cont inuousorv aryi
ng
2 datacanbeusedf or Onl ycont i
nuousdat a
mapi ngpur pose. canbeused.
Placeshav i
ngsame
datav aluedet ermine
Smal lestandl ar
gest t hedr awingof
3 valuesofgi vendat a isolines.Ther angei s
areusedt ocl assif
y det ermi nedbyt he
thedat ar angei nto diff
erencei nt hese
accept ablecl asses. isolines.
Mai nlyusedf ordata Mai nl
yusedf or
l
ikepopul ation cont i
nuousdat ali
ke
4
densi ty,
distributi
on t emper atur e,
rainfall
,
etc. alti
tudeet c.
(3)Expl
ainwi
threasonsthemethodwhi
chi
sbestsui
tedt
oshowt
he
dist
ri
buti
onofpopulat
ioninar
egion.
Answer :-Populati
onreferstothenumberofpeopl eresidi
ngi na
cl
ear l
ydemar catedgeographicarea.
Thus,numberofpeopl eli
v i
ngata
givenpoi ntoftimeinacount ry,
stat
e,dist
ri
ct,vi
l
lageetc.referstothe
populationoft hearea.Twotypesoft hematicmapscanbeusedf or
showi ngt hepopulati
ondistri
buti
onofanygi venarea.Thesear edot
distr
ibutionmapsandchor oplethmaps.
a)Dotmethod:-Adotmapi spreparedusingst ati
sti
cal data.Toshow
dist
ri
buti
onthroughdotmet hod,t
hev al
ueofadothast obe
deter
mined.Todot hat
,thelowestandt hehi
ghestv aluesofagi ven
vari
abl
einar egi
onaretakenintoconsiderat
ion.Accor dingly,t
he
numberofdot saredet
ermined.Also,weneedt oconsidert hesizeof
thedot,
thedensityoft
hev ari
abl
eandt hescal eofthemap.The
dist
ri
buti
onofphy si
ogr
aphy ,wat
ersources,transportsy stem,etc.ofa
regi
onshouldbeconsideredwhileplaci
ngdot sonamap.
b) Chor oplet
hmet hod:I nthesemaps, t
hedatar egardi
ngv arious
geogr aphicalvari
ablesi sshownbyshadesort i
ntsofv ariouscol ours.
Whi lemaki ngsuchmaps, t
hedat ausedf ordi
fferentvariablesis
obtainedt hroughvariouspr ocessessuchasmeasur ement ,surv ey
ing,
etc.Inthismet hod,onl yonev alueisgiv
ent oonesubadmi nistrati
ve
unitinar egion.Thesmal l
estandt helargestvaluesoft hegi vendata
ofthev ariablearetakeni nt
oconsi derat
ion.Theshadesort he
patternsbecomedar kerwiththeincreasingvaluesofthegi ven
variableandar edrawnaccor dinglyonthemapi nthegiv en
classifi
cation.
Thus,dotmethodisidealf
orrepresenti
ngpopul
ati
ondi
str
ibut
ionofa
part
icul
arareaorregi
onwhi l
echoroplet
hmethodareusedto
repr
esenttheincr
easingdensi
ty.