{"id":1833924,"date":"2024-09-06T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1833924"},"modified":"2024-09-06T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:15:24","slug":"thematic-mapping-and-the-2024-u-k-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/09\/thematic-mapping-and-the-2024-u-k-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Thematic Mapping and the 2024 U.K. Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Nelson, Esri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s more than one way to depict data on a map. At the last Esri user conference, Sarah Bell, Kenneth Field and John Nelson demonstrated different ways to map the results of the last U.K. parliamentary election, and how they changed from the previous election. The video of their presentation is attendee-only, but Ken and John have posted about how they each went about their tasks: here\u2019s Ken\u2019s post<\/a> and here\u2019s John\u2019s<\/a>; plus, as is his wont, John has posted a video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s more than one way to depict data on a map. At the last Esri user conference, Sarah Bell, Kenneth Field and John Nelson demonstrated different ways to map the results of the last U.K.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,330],"tags":[244,1691,71],"class_list":["post-1833924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-politics","tag-esri","tag-thematic-maps","tag-uk","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2437,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/07\/2016-map-gallery-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":1833924,"position":0},"title":"2016 Map Gallery Results","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 July 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Esri has announced\u00a0the results of their 2016 Map Gallery competition. 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