Monday, January 24, 2011

flow map

These are a mix of maps and flow charts.  They show an objects movement from one location to another.  Examples are numbers in migration or the amount of goods being traded.  They can be used to display movement of both tangible and intangible things.  This image shows the flow of telecommunications.  The thickness of the lines is proportional to the annual volume of traffic between those two countries, meausred in millions of minutes of voice telecommunication.

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