Practice Ethical Cartography (7.5.4) - Cartography and Thematic Mapping
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Ethical Cartography

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is ethical cartography?

💡 Hint: Think about the importance of transparency in data.

Question 2 Easy

Name one principle of ethical cartography.

💡 Hint: Consider what it means to mislead people with data.

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Question 1

What should cartographers avoid to maintain ethical standards?

Data alteration
Using colors
Adding scale

💡 Hint: Think about how changing data can misinform.

Question 2

True or False: Maintaining source transparency is not necessary in ethical cartography.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider why people need to know where data comes from.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Critically analyze a map that lacks source transparency. What implications might this have in a decision-making scenario?

💡 Hint: Reflect on how you determine the validity of what you see in maps.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a map displaying a random variable and indicate how you would communicate uncertainty and source.

💡 Hint: Consider how you would explain to others where your data originated.

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