Epidemics and pandemics in maps – the case of COVID-19

Epidemics and pandemics in maps – the case of COVID-19

Epidemics and pandemics are geographical in nature and constitute spatial, temporal, and thematic phenomena across large ranges of scales: local infections with a global spread; short-term decisions by governments and institutions with long-term effects; and diverse effects of the disease on many as...

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Main Authors: Franz-Benjamin Mocnik, Paulo Raposo, Wim Feringa, Menno-Jan Kraak, Barend Köbben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Maps
Subjects:
covid-19
sars-cov-2
pandemic
epidemic
visualization
cartographic challenges
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1776646
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Summary:Epidemics and pandemics are geographical in nature and constitute spatial, temporal, and thematic phenomena across large ranges of scales: local infections with a global spread; short-term decisions by governments and institutions with long-term effects; and diverse effects of the disease on many aspects of our lives. Pandemics pose particular challenges to their visual representation by cartographic means. This article briefly summarizes some of these challenges and outlines ways to approach these. We discuss how to use the information usually available for telling the story of an epidemic, illustrated by the example of the 2019–2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The maps attached to this article demonstrate the discussed cartographic means.
ISSN:1744-5647

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