Generalization Animation

A generalization cartographic animation depicts changes caused by different numbers of classes. The maps depicted in this animation change from two to seven classes and show the effect of the number of data categories on a mapped distribution. This animation depicts the percent of births to mothers under the age of 20 for the United States in 1980. The first frame in the animation is a two-class map and the last frame is a seven class map. The legend is represented as a histogram with bars indicating the number of observations in each category.