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Flow map

A flow map is a type of thematic map that uses linear symbols to represent movement between locations. It may thus be considered a hybrid of a map and a flow diagram. The movement being mapped may be that of anything, including people, highway traffic, trade goods, water, ideas, telecommunications data, etc. The wide variety of moving material, and the…

History, Flow phenomena & Types of flow maps

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History

Flow phenomena

Types of flow maps

Weight scaling

Other types of flow diagrams

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Flow map

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples62
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Flow map

Top relations

related to Flow phenomena · 14
Flow map → According, Along, Amount, An, At, Destination, Direction, Eduard Imhof, Flow, Is, Origin, Route, Some, This
related to history · 13
Flow map → Among, Charles Joseph Minard, During, Europe, French, Henry Drury Harness, In, Ireland, Many, Minard, Minard's, Russia, The
related to Continuous/Mass flow map · 10
Flow map → Century, Edmund Halley, GIS, In, In Imhof's, Not, Their, These, This, Unit
related to External links · 5
Flow map → CSISS/Flow Mapper Software Archived, QGIS, ToblerFlowmap, Waldo, Wayback Machine
related to Network route map · 5
Flow map → Harness, Ireland, It, The, This
related to Types of flow maps · 5
Flow map → Imhof's, In, Mary Parks, The, These
related to Other types of flow diagrams · 3
Flow map → Baker, Beside, XSL Formatting Objects
is a · 1
Flow map → type of thematic map that uses linear symbols to represent movement between locations

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Important terminology

flow maps map movement lines line represent design amount may types symbols traffic speed many also network direction often type

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Flow mapis atype of thematic map that uses linear symbols to represent movement between locations0.90text
the product being shipped from one point to anotherinstance ofThis nominal category could include variables0.80text
the vehicular mode of transportinstance ofThis nominal category could include variables0.80text
or the water temperature in an ocean current.Amount of movementinstance ofThis nominal category could include variables0.80text
origin/destinationinstance ofwhile other aspects0.80text
route of travel are largely meaningless.In 1688instance ofwhile other aspects0.80text
Edmund Halley mapped the trade winds using an array of short line segments oriented in the direction of air flowinstance ofwhile other aspects0.80text
Flow maprelated to Continuous/Mass flow mapNot0.60section
Flow maprelated to Continuous/Mass flow mapTheir0.60section
Flow maprelated to Continuous/Mass flow mapIn Imhof's0.60section
Flow maprelated to Continuous/Mass flow mapIn0.60section
Flow maprelated to Continuous/Mass flow mapEdmund Halley0.60section

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