File talk:EU net budget 2007-2013 per capita cartogram.png

Latest comment: 11 years ago by 31.185.240.3

I do have some issues with this map and calling it a cartogram. If (as it appears) it shows relative data (i.e. per capita) in the area of a country, this is a false use of the concept of a cartogram, which is meant to show absolute data. Think of it as a geographic version of a pie chart: only use data that you can also use for drawing a pie chart. Also, it is problematic to show negative and positive data within one cartogram transformation. Again, think of a pie chart before turning numbers into cartograms. This is not a valid cartogram in its core meaning and should not appear in the related article about cartograms. 31.185.240.3 (talk) 22:39, 25 February 2013 (UTC)GeoGuestReply