Simple thematic mapping
TL;DR: The tmap package is presented, a set of Stata programs designed to draw five kinds of thematic maps: choropleth, proportional symbol, deviation, dot, and label maps, intended to depict area data.
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Abstract: Thematic maps illustrate the spatial distribution of one or more variables of interest within a given geographic unit. In a sense, a thematic map is the spatial analyst's equivalent to the scatterp...
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