Electrical Circuit Map

http://www.reformedmetro.com/2010/10/designing-electrical-circuit-map.html

Above is an electrical circuit map. It displays amperage of various fuses, equipment supported and location.

Metes and Bounds

http://www.surveyhistory.org/metes_&_bounds_vs__public_lands.htm
One of the first systems used in Colonial America to deliniate property was Metes and Bounds. Metes and Bounds marks property by having a known landmark for a starting point, and then follow a line according to a magnetic bearing, or the course of a stream, or of a road or highway.

Cadestral

http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/graphic-presentation-maps#map6
Cadastral maps represent the boundaries of individual land parcels in a given area, and usually contain details such as land ownership, tenure and obligations.  

PLSS

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/22293/
Above is a PLSS (Public Land Survey System) map of Commerce Township, Michigan, where my Father-in-Law currently resides. The PLSS is a system brought about by the Land Ordinance of 1785, and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, that divides public lands in the U.S. into 6 square mile tracts called townships.

Celestial Map

http://www.antiquemapsandprints.com/p-16469.jpg

Celestial maps provide users with the position of the stars and were , at one point, useful in navigating open waters.

Bathymetric

http://www.nauticalcharts.com/cape-canaveral-to-key-west-chart.htm
Bathymetric maps are similar to topographic maps but instead of displaying elevation above sea level they show depth below sea level. Maps like the one above are useful for navigating costal waters.

Multivariate Choropleth

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3087/what-makes-a-map-be-classed-as-badly-designed
A Multivariate Choropleth map provides multiple variables. The above map provides three variables; The ability to read, The ability to write, and average income.

Univariate Choropleth

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/c/l/clw300/586_Project_8.html
Unlike a bivariate choropleth map, a univariate choropleth map uses only one variable. The map above provides LISA data (Local Indicator of Spatial Association) for the percentage of Europeans living in Aukland.

Standardized Choropleth

http://courses.washington.edu/info424/Labs/ChoroplethMap.html

Standardized Choropleth maps provide aerially averaged data pertaining to a sprcified standard unit. In many cases that unit is related to population but in the case of the above map, the unit is percentage of job change.

Unstandardized choropleth

http://eps.mq.edu.au/courses/GEOS219/choropleth.htm
Unstandardized choropleth maps are thematic maps that display data sets as raw numbers. Abobe is an unstandardized choropleth map displaying the number of deaths for persons under one year of age in Australia.

Isoline

http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/labs/contourmaplab.html
Isolines are lines that connect areas of equal value. Above is a contour map of a portion of the Grand Canyon with isolines depicting elevation.

Isotherm

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/isotherms.htm
Above is a map displaying Isotherms. Those are connecting lines of equal temperature.

Flow Map

http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/main-flow-of-illegally-logged-timber-to-europe_8270
A flow map shows the movement of an object from one place to another. Above is a flow map showing the movement of illegally logged timber into Europe.

Cartogram

http://litchfieldswenson.weebly.com/cartograms.html

A cartogram is a map that substitutes a variable for land size relative to that variable. Above is a cartogram displaying Per Capita GDP in 2000.

Statistical Map

http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=243
Above is a graphical representation of statistcal data gathered in 2001 pertaining to vehicle caused deaths around the world. That year there were approximately 984,000 road traffic deaths with over half of them occuring in eastern and southern Asia.

Infrared aerial photography

http://www.stxmaps.com/go/fish-camp.html
Infrared aerial photography utilizes film sensative to infrared light. Above is an image of a fish camp.

Black and White Aerial Photography

http://apollomissionphotos.com/index_merc_pad13.html
Aerial photographs are a "birds eye" view of a portion of the earth's surface that provide detailed measurments, land-use and environmental conditions.

Doppler

http://www.intellicast.com/national/radar/current.aspx?location=USFL0316

A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that makes use of the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. The above image is a Doppler radar map of South Florida.

LIDAR

 

https://www.saic.com/geospatial/modeling/lidar-urban-modeling.html

 

 

LIDAR is Light detection and ranging. The above LIDAR map is a 3D image used for urban modeling.

 

Bilateral Graph

http://www.international.gc.ca/economist-economiste/performance/state-point/state_2012_point/2012_5.aspx?lang=eng
A bilateral provides information about two entities simultaniously. The bilateral graph above shows the rate of increase in US-China trade ande the rate of decline in US-Canada trade over a 10 year period.