So what the hell does Xtreme Cartography mean anyway? Well let me explain to you my idea of Xtreme Cartography by using this website as my reference:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/ this website has perfect examples of how far you can go with cartography. For instance, the cartogram below represents red state blue state from the last presidential election and is rescaled according to each state's population to show how misleading the 2004 election was. The red states have a smaller population while the blue states have a larger population, so are there really that many republicans or people who prefer George W. Bush? I think not!
Go to the website above to check out more cartograms.
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