SUG243 - Cartography - Proportional Symbol
SUG243 - Cartography - Proportional Symbol
SUG243 - Cartography - Proportional Symbol
Proportional Symbol
CITY POPULATION
A 100,000
B 150,000
C 200,000
D 500,000
1. Calculate the size of the proportional symbols using Square Root Methods and Flannery
methods.
CLASS RADIUS (r) RADIUS SIZE (CM) CLASS RADIUS (r) RADIUS SIZE (CM)
1 316.228 1.0 1 707.946 1.000
2 387.298 1.2 2 891.251 1.258
3 447.214 1.4 3 1051.962 1.486
4 707.107 2.2 4 1770.109 2.500
2. Plot the proportioned symbol
200,000
150,000
100,000 C
D
A
NUMBER OF POPULATION
500,000
200,000 C
150,000
100,000
A
B