Hi Ricardo

The map was produced as an experiment to see if dasymetric maps like this are more informative than traditional choropleth maps which tend to overemphasise rural areas. Also I hadn’t yet seen a good country-wide map of the IMD which is a key index that informs quantitative geographers.

I am a Post grad student at the University of Kingston studying Architecture.

I am researching maps similar to yours and that of Charles Booth (London Poverty Map) and Sir Abercrombie and Forshaws maps (County of London Plan). I will be producing a map illustrating a comparison between my research and that of Charles Booth’s analysis of London in the late 1880’s.

I am emailing you because your map looks intriguing and was wondering if you could give me a little background into your map and why you chose to produce it. Although I am producing a map of my own and looking into other peoples I am also interested in seeing why the producers of the maps undertook them in the first place.

Kind regards,
Ricardo