"Map-Maker" Utility

"Map-Maker" Utility!!

Create your own special-purpose map to shade West Virginia counties You select!

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Short "how-to": If you already know of some West Virginia counties you'd like to display on a color-contrasted state map, fill out the form below. The result will be a gif file image which can be printed or saved to a file for later use.

Start by selecting a "template" State map:

Next, enter a title for your map:

You can select up to three different colors (shades) to represent three different groups of counties.

Select Group I's shading color:

Select Group II's shading color:

Select Group III's shading color:

Enter a label for Group I:

Enter a label for Group II:

Enter a label for Group III:

And, select the color you want for Text:

Before selecting counties, enter any text you wish to be used as "Notes":

Now, select the counties. (And here's some help on selecting multiple counties.)

Group I counties:

Group II counties:

Group III counties:

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John Adamson

Who Can Best Use This Map Utility ...

In interpreting and illustrating events taking place in some locations and not others, the use of shaded or "color-contrasted" maps can be useful. This webform allows you to choose up to three different groupings of counties - along with your title, choice of colors and labels. A computer program will then draw a West Virginia map (as a "gif" format file) with your groupings shown in the selected colors. The map can then either be printed or saved and used later. For printing purposes, a color printer is, of course, ideal!

For an example of such a map showing Texas counties which provided education in 1996 concerning "abuse" or "violence", click here.

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