| Question | Answer |
| If you have several linear features, and you have to displace one, which one should you displace first? | Manmade features. |
| If you have three buildings, what should you do to generalize them? | Aggregate them into one building block. |
| Can everything be generalized? | No, art can't be automated. |
| What is the equation for the simplest form of the radical law? | nf = na square root of Ma / Mf |
| How are classes divided in a sequential scheme with hue steps? | Lightness steps with hue steps that progress through all spectral hues |
| Describe a qualitative/sequential scheme. | Different hues for the qualitative variable crossed with different values for the sequential variable. |
| What are color schemes for? | Choropleth maps |
| Why doesn't Brewer use saturation? | Because people don't understand it |
| Since you have less space at a smaller scale, what generalization feature must you perform to select the features that you will keep and others that you will remove? | Selection |
| How should you pick the colors for a bivariate scheme? | Using Brewer's site |
| What does nf stand for? | # of objects, which can be shown at the derived scale |
| Describe a diverging/binary scheme. | Two hues with values diverging from the midpoint of the quantitative variable crossed with two values for the binary variable |
| What schemes are used for quantitative data? | Sequential, Spectral, Diverging, two-variable balanced, three-variable balance |
| Describe a diverging scheme. | Neutral in middle and increasingly darker at extremes |
| Describe a two variable balance scheme. | Transition between two hues with similar value throughout the scheme. |
| How did Toepfer and Pillewizer come up with the constant of symbolic exaggeration? | By counting objects at many scales |
| How can the simplest form of the radical law be modified for different kinds of map symbols? | By adding Cz, which is the constant of symbolic form |
| Can GIS programs create bivariate maps? | No. |
| Describe a diverging/sequential scheme. | Two hues with values for the diverging variable crossed with greater value steps for the sequential variable |
| What should you do if you have an area with two linear symbols that run parallel to each other? | Exaggerate space between lines and increase width of lines. |
| What does the legend for bivariate maps look like? | a matrix |
| What can the radical law be applied to? | Point, area, and line symbols |
| What do color schemes depend on? | Data you are mapping (qualitative or quantitative) |
| Who developed most of the color schemes that we use? | Cynthia Brewer |
| What is generalization? | When you make the transition from a large scale to small scale map, the large scale map symbols need to be generalized |
| How are classes divided in a spectral scheme? | By hue and lightness steps |
| Describe the sequential/sequential scheme. | Cross of values of two complementary hues with mixtures producing a neutral diagonal. |
| What does na stand for? | # of objects, which can be shown on the source scale |
| How many classes should two variable maps have? | 2 to 3 |
| Is there generalization software available? | Yes. |
| What is the simplest form of the radical law applicable to? | The generalization of maps at the topographic scale. |
| What is quantitative data? | Everything else |
| If the source map has 22 railway line segments, and the scale is 100,000, how many railway line segments should there be on a derived map with a scale of 1:250,000? | 14 |
| How are classes divided in a sequential scheme with one hue? | Lightness steps of a single hue |
| What is the three things is the diverging scheme for? | For data with positive and negative values, for increases and decreases, for positive values comparing above threshold and below threshold (number of families above poverty level, number of families below poverty level) |
| Why is the spectral scheme inappropriate for a sequential scheme? | Lightness not sequential |
| How can the simplest form of the radical law be modified for different maps? | By adding Cb, which is the constant of symbolic exaggeration |
| Who were the first people to quantify selection features in an article? | Toepfer and Pillewizer |
| Describe a diverging/diverging scheme. | Different hue at each corner with hue transitions for lighter midpoints is logical cross for two divergent schemes. |
| What aspect of generalization does the radical formulas provide information about? | quantitative aspect |
| What does ma stand for? | scale denominator of the source map |
| Describe a qualitative/binary scheme. | Different hues for qualitative variables crossed with two different values for binary variable |
| What schemes are used for qualitative data? | Qualitative scheme and binary |
| If you have two types of forests, but only can show one on your map with a smaller scale, what generalization procedure should you perform? | Reclassification |
| How are classes divided in a sequential scheme with hue transition? | Transition slowly from one hue to another |
| What does the radical law describe? | The reduction of the amount of information, which can be shown on a map in relation to reduction in scale. |
| Who came up with the principles of selection? | Toepfer and Pillewizer |
| How are classes divided in the qualitative scheme? | Hue changes (value is equal) |
| What is qualitative data? | What you find at a particular location; categories |
| Describe a three variable balance scheme. | Mixtures of values of three hues. |
| Why is the spectral scheme inappropriate for a diverging scheme? | Large hue steps interfere with groupings above and below the midpoint of a diverging scheme |
| What should the first step of generalization always be? | Selection |
| What generalization procedure can be applied to objects that have an area and linear symbols? | Simplification |
| What does mf stand for? | Scale denominator of the derived map |
| How are classes divided in a sequential scheme with no hue? | Lightness steps of neutral grays |
| Will the result of the radical formula be smaller or larger than the source map? | Smaller |
| How are classes divided in the binary scheme? | Two values (one hue) |
