http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/ Where Bad Maps Come From Thu, 16 May 2013 14:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/#comment-96 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:12:36 +0000 http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-96 The thing I notice that probably prompted this color scheme is it’s very close to the Doppler radar returns color scheme, with the exception of the 0-blue, although the radars past 11 tend to go for white rather than faint blue.

]]> http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/#comment-56 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:36:50 +0000 http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-56 I’m from outside the US and your site rocks!

]]> http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/#comment-39 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:10:55 +0000 http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-39 Don’t forget that the “worst” level is almost the same color as the 4 “best” levels.

]]> http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/#comment-38 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:21:02 +0000 http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-38 You have to manually make that color ramp. Chalk this up to “misleading/lying with maps”

]]> http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/burned-by-the-epa/#comment-11 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:22:21 +0000 http://cartastrophe.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-11 You’re wrong about not having any non-US readers :-) Your site was mentioned several times on Twitter where people from all over the world who watch the #cartography tag picked it up. Including me (from the Netherlands).

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