SAS provides a map for each country, but there are likely other maps you want to use that SAS does not provide. If you have other maps in the Esri shapefile format, you’re in luck – you can import those maps and use them! In this blog post I share [……
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Your mapping toolkit tip #3 – removing internal borders
In recent versions of SAS/Graph, we have been shipping new/updated maps of each country, with 2 levels of detail (such as state & county, or province & division). But what if you only want a map showing the higher level of detail? In this blog post I share my third […]
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Your mapping toolkit Tip #2 – projecting your map
Have you ever seen a map that just didn’t look right to you? Perhaps the map area seemed squished or stretched? Perhaps this was because they used a different map projection than you were accustomed to. Or maybe the map coordinates weren’t projected at…
Your mapping toolkit Tip #1 – reducing border complexity
With the advent of things like car GPS & Google Maps, and a steady supply of nice maps from certain news sources (such as the New York Times), people have finally embraced the idea that mapping data can be very useful. And if you are into data visualization, you have […]
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Using SAS to track UFOs on Mars!
When we send spacecraft from Earth to Mars, do the Martians consider them to be UFOs? I might not be able to answer that question definitively … but I do have some really cool graphs showing the data for all those missions to Mars! You might remember…
How to add roads to your SAS maps
Have you been using the SAS/Graph Gmap procedure to plot your data on maps for years, but never knew you could add roads to your maps?!? Follow along in this blog post, and I’ll teach you how… But before we get started, here’s a picture of a nice aer…
How to create a ‘pretty’ map with SAS
I usually create very technical maps, to display data spatially – and they usually have a certain look. They’re clear, crisp, and to the point. I typically only use color to represent the data, and I choose a font that is simple and easy to read (such as arial). But […]
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Why SAS maps are better than Wikipedia svg maps!
Parents are always proud of their kids, and think their kids are better than all the other kids. I guess it might be a little bit that way with mapping software … but I really do think I’ve got a pretty compelling example to show that SAS maps are better […]
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