This note is mostly a vocabulary note. Maps that overlay data onto representations of geographic areas are called choropleth maps. ![[Pasted image 20260126204732.png]] If you are showing a [[Heatmap]] on a choropleth map, it's *probably* in your best interest to normalize your data to "per-captia", else you end up with this [[Relevant XKCD]]: ![[Pasted image 20260209203958.png]] **** # More - [[Diagram Types (index)]] ## Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choropleth_map