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Cartographic techniques for communicating class separability: enhanced choropleth maps of median household income, Iowa

Min Sun Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, USA
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Barry J. Kronenfeld Department of Geology/Geography, Eastern Illinois University , Charleston, IL, USA
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David W. Wong Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, USA
Pages 43-49 | Received 27 Mar 2012, Accepted 07 Jan 2013, Published online: 08 Feb 2013

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