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THE possibilities of the quantitative representation of geographical data as regards population distribution are discussed in some detail by the originator of a new method, Mr. S. de Geer, in the Geographical Review for January. Mr. de Geer has already applied the method in the recently published atlas of the distribution of population in Sweden. In the ordinary map the position and size of cities and smaller centres are shown by dots. A further development is to show relative density by shading or colour-tints of varying depths. The chief defect of such maps is that, as a rule, they show only the average over large areas such as counties or parishes.
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Population Maps. Nature 109, 390 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109390a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109390a0