“Atlas supplement to the 1972 County and City Data Book” by Tedrow and Hoerauf
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- Atlas supplement to the 1972 County and City Data Book
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A series of maps presenting the spatial distribution of the tabular data from the 1972 County and City Data Book is discussed. Using an automated mapping procedure developed on a minicomputer by two non-computer scientists, 196 choropleth maps of county-level data for the State of Washington were prepared. The maps provide governmental decision-makers and planners a means to quickly comprehend patterns in the data that are not readily noticeable in the tabular presentation of the data.
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