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Disadvantages of Choropleth maps.

Answer Text:
Disadvantages of choropleth maps.
-They can be confusing if the boundaries are not clearly marked.
-It’s not possible to show the distribution of more than one phenomenon on the same map.
-They give wrong impression that density
changes abruptly at the boundaries in a given map.
-Using the same statistics, it is possible to give very different impressions by altering the grades or the shading.
-They give the impression that densities are uniform within each region.
-Calculations and shading are laborious and time consuming.