cartogram

/kahr-tuh-gram/US // ˈkɑr təˌgræm //UK // (ˈkɑːtəˌɡræm) //

制图,制图法,地图,图形

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a diagrammatic presentation in highly abstracted or simplified form, commonly of statistical data, on a map base or distorted map base.

The main graphic featured arrows placed in a rough geographic arrangement, a mapping technique known as a cartogram.
You wouldn’t use a sledgehammer to hang a picture frame, and you shouldn’t use a map when a cartogram would work better.
Well-designed political cartograms use one block to represent each electoral college vote, so states with more votes are bigger.
It does take some getting used to, but the more designers create cartograms, the better we’ll all get at reading them.