Assessing the Suitability of Data Classification Methods for Choropleth Maps Depicting Population Distribution in South Africa

Snyman, Lourens; Coetzee, Serena; Rautenbach, Victoria

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Assessing the Suitability of Data Classification Methods for Choropleth Maps Depicting Population Distribution in South Africa

Lourens Snyman, Serena Coetzee, and Victoria Rautenbach

Lourens Snyman

Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Serena Coetzee

Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Victoria Rautenbach

Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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