map quiz

[kmusser]

It's time for a map quiz.

Take a look at this map.

Tell me where is being mapped, extra points if you can tell me what is being mapped.


Note to self: I need a map icon.

Edit: Many of you were able to recognize the Chesapeake Watershed, which is good considering how many of you live there *grin*, no one's identified the theme yet, so I'll leave that part open for a while.

Edit2: ravenrose came closest with zoning. The answer is land use patterns. The reds are high and low density urban. The green is forest, blue water, yellow cropland. The purple area is a mix of agriculture, forest, and low density urban (i.e. where no single land use dominates).

Comments

[wanderingbastet.livejournal.com]

My guess would be population density, though given that the lavendar color bands seem to follow the ridges of the mountains, I'm not sure... I suppose it could be as simple as elevation, but then the red wouldn't make sense. So I'm just gonna stick with my first guess. :-)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

well, the large lavender swath on the left corresponds to the Shanendoah valley. then between it and us is the US-29 corridor down to charlottesville.

the green inbetween is the mountains that include markham on i-66 outbound.

so whatever it is, its in an even range across most of the river valleys.

the dark blue runs along the rivers that lead to cities as well as the baltimore harbor. cities are red (DC, Richmond, Annapolis, and Baltimore can be easily recognized), as is the route down 50 from DC to annapolis, but then so is most of maryland north of baltimore and a mostly rural portion of virginia at the start of the James River.

but i can't come up with anything that also would give a clear distinction represented by the yellow blobs on the eastern shore and up in PA near harrisburg.

[kmusser]

Population density is very close, as that map would look pretty similar. It is actually land use patterns.