dot distribution maps

[Jason J. Dombroskie]

Richard,

I like DIVA-GIS.  It is a free download with many free shapefiles.  It  
is a little picky though with the initial input data format.

Jason!

-- 
Jason J. Dombroskie
PhD Candidate
Dept. of Biological Sciences
CW405, Bio. Sci. Bldg.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E9 CANADA



Quoting "chris kline" <kline_at_pine at yahoo.com>:

> ArcGIS is one program that I have used to make the dot maps before.   
> Sadly, when I changed jobs I had to leave my copy behind.  :(
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> chris
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> Chris Kline
> Director of Education
> Grange Insurance Audubon Center
> 692 North High Street, Suite 303
> Columbus, Ohio  43215
> 614-224-3303
> http://grange.audubon.org
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> --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Richard Worth <rworth at oda.state.or.us> wrote:
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> From: Richard Worth <rworth at oda.state.or.us>
> Subject: dot distribution maps
> To: "LEPS-L" <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:46 AM
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> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what software people use to make all those really  
> clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA  
> series)?  It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region  
> of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the  
> data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers,  
> etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS  We  
> have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become  
> proficient and many of the map layers are not needed.
> TIA for any help and best regards,  Richard
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>
> Richard Worth
> Entomologist / Lepidopterist
> Plant Division
> Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
> 635 Capitol St. NE
> Salem, OR  97301
> 503-986-6461
> 503-871-7108: cell
> rworth at oda.state.or.us
> http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml
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