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Giovanni & Kevin: You might have a little bit of a point, but I imagine
most think its OK to have a little diversion. After all, there are other
things to discuss besides the wonders or lack of them, of Maptitude. And
lately, concerning the elections we need a diversion.
But in the main, I beg to differ. How maps are colored has a profound
influence on how maps are interpreted. It is the responsibility of people
who use a GIS to be savvy on this issues.
People's stereotypical views are reflected in colors: Red meaning danger,
communist, high rate, etc. and stereotypes are dangerous profiles for any
group to promote in a map. Or are they? Further it reflects a cultural bias.
So the discussion is more serious than it appears. I think most Americans
are comfortable with blue for republicans, red for democrats, and I wonder
why? I wonder what colors would be used to represent them in a predominately
Moslem or Hindu culture?
Recently I sat in a meeting where there was a long discussion concerning how
to represent racial groups on a map. People did not feel comfortable with
white, black, red and yellow for White, Black, Native American and Asian.
Why or why not is this something to be concerned about?
So I think the topic, perhaps aside from the jokes (come on, they are
harmless ) is a very serious topic indeed.
Richard E. Hoskins
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-----Original Message-----
From: Giovanni Flammia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:01 PM
To: Maptitude
Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Elections 2000 Web Site
Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
Dear all:
The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss Maptitude and Maptitude for
the Web.
While thematic mapping inevitably brings up political and social issues,
this email list may not be the appropriate forum for long threads of
political comments
and one-line jokes.
When there are 100 people on the list, any joke may end up offending
someone,
and the thread of discussion that it generates may be distracting from the
focus of the
list.
Best regards,
Giovanni
----- Original Message -----
From: jw&a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Maptitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Elections 2000 Web Site
> Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
>
> i always thought democrats should be pink. you know, like pinko communist.
>
> bob rogers
> south carolina
>
> > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> >
> > I like blue for republicans, like venous blood - devoid of oxygen, full
of
> > CO2, needing fresh air from the lungs and a pass through the kidneys.
> > Democrats - arterial blood: oxygenated, carrying life to all the cells,
> > ready for growth. One cannot exist without the other. And Nader?
> > green bile.
> > bitter, alkaline fluid that aids in the digestion of fats and vitamins.
> > Jaundice may result if the flow of bile is impeded. Notice yellow
> > sick color
> > or Bush/Gore lately.
> >
> > Richard E. Hoskins
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McLaughlin, Bob (DHS-EHIB) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 9:48 AM
> > To: 'Maptitude'
> > Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Elections 2000 Web Site
> >
> >
> > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> >
> > I suggest that Republicans should always be white, since this is
> > clearly the
> > preferred ethnic group of the party. It is also appropriate for the
> > Cheney-Bush team, since the de facto Veep (Bush) clearly has
> > nothing between
> > the ears. My opinions only!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 10:16 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Elections 2000 Web Site
> >
> >
> > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> >
> > Marjorie-
> >
> > Until the television coverage this year, I have always seen
> > Republican blue
> > and Democrat red. This is in fact the color scheme that the Republican
> > National Committee prefers in their maps too.
> >
> > I've always associated blue with conservative (maybe it's an IBM
> > 'Big Blue'
> > suit thing). And while I would not go so far as to lump Democrats in
with
> > Socialists, they are closer philosophically, and therefore associating
red
> > with Democrats seems more logical to me too.
> >
> > I'd be curious if anyone else had information on the subject.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> > >From: Marjorie Roswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: Maptitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: Maptitude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Elections 2000 Web Site
> > >Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:49:24 -0500
> > >
> > >Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> > >
> > >
> > >It's a nice article, and a nice application, complete with downloadable
> > >data.
> > >
> > >Who picked the colors on your Election Map? Isn't blue usually
> > Democratic,
> > >and red Republican? Does anyone have any background on that
> > >color convention? I'm pretty sure it's standard convention, and on that
> > >basis would recommending changing the color schemes.
> > >
> > >Also, would recommend the site put the counts and the percentages next
to
> > >each other. It would be nice to have a mapplication that makes it easy
to
> > >do that, with any number of columns (hint, hint!) In the meantime,
> > >I think this was a formula I used to do that in a calculated field.
> > >
> > >if [count] = 0 then null else Format([count], ",*0") + " (" +
> > >Format([percent], "*0.0") + "%)"
> > >
> > >
> > >By the way, we now have 95 people on this listserv, from 16
> > >countries. Welcome to new folks. Feel free to write, and ask or tell
> > >what's on your mind about Maptitude.
> > >
> > >Margie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Peter H. Van Demark wrote:
> > >
> > > > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> > > >
> > > > All:
> > > >
> > > > Spatial News has a new feature article that we wrote on how the
> > >Elections
> > > > 2000 web mapping application was created with Maptitude for the Web.
> > >Visit
> > > > (http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/features/electioncaliper/).
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > > Director of GIS Products and Training Phone: 617-527-4700
> > > > Caliper Corporation Fax: 617-527-5113
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> > > > Newton MA 02461-9926 Web site: http://www.caliper.com
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