Trustworthy COVID-19 Mapping: Geo-spatial Data Literacy Aspects of Choropleth Maps.
Trustworthy COVID-19 Mapping: Geo-spatial Data Literacy Aspects of Choropleth Maps.
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DOI：
10.1007/s42489-020-00057-w
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发表时间：
2020
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Juergens C
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Juergens C
由于COVID-19（2019冠状病毒病）大流行是一种全球现象，许多科学家和研究机构创建专题地图，以可视化和了解疾病的空间传播，并告知人类。如今，地理信息系统（GIS）和网络地图技术使人们能够按需创建数字地图。这促进了COVID-19地图产品的永久更新，即使是非制图师，也促进了新闻、媒体和科学出版物的出版。随着地图制作的方便和速度，许多地图制作者似乎忘记了良好和易于阅读的专题分区地图的基本原则，这需要地理空间数据素养。地理空间数据素养是一项重要的技能，能够判断空间数据的可靠性，并创建简洁的专题地图。这篇文章的目的是让那些与地图相关的学科以外的人意识到专题地图的力量，以及如何创建值得信赖的专题地图，而不是误导性的专题地图，在最坏的情况下，可能导致误解。
Since the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic is a global phenomenon, many scientists and research organizations create thematic maps to visualize and understand the spatial spread of the disease and to inform mankind. Nowadays, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web mapping technologies enable people to create digital maps on demand. This fosters the permanent update of COVID-19 map products, even by non-cartographers, and their publication in news, media and scientific publications. With the ease and speed of map-making, many map creators seem to forget about the fundamental principles of good and easy-to-read thematic choropleth maps, which requires geo-spatial data literacy. Geo-spatial data literacy is an important skill, to be able to judge the reliability of spatial data, and to create ingenuous thematic maps. This contribution intends to make people of disciplines other than those that are map-related aware of the power of thematic maps and how one can create trustworthy thematic maps instead of misleading thematic maps which could, in a worst case, lead to misinterpretation.