Thematic Map Migration

There are many types of thematic maps, but most are composed of a geographical base and thematic content. The geographical base refers to some elements from ordinary maps, such as graticules, water systems, settlements, transportation lines, terrain, etc. The geographical base serves as the framework for compiling thematic content and represents the geographical location of thematic content, explaining the relationship between thematic content and the geographical environment. Which geographical base elements are represented on a thematic map and to what level of detail depends on the specific thematic content.

Thematic content can be divided into two categories based on data: first, displaying one or several elements from ordinary maps more completely and in detail, while relegating other elements to secondary status or omitting them, such as transportation maps; second, including thematic elements that are not present on ordinary maps or are invisible or not directly measurable on the ground, such as population density maps.

ArcGIS Thematic Maps

ArcGIS thematic maps are created by symbolizing maps. After configuring the map, point, line, and polygon features in layers are symbolized, and information can be categorized to produce single-value thematic maps, graduated color thematic maps, etc. In addition, it supports the creation of statistical thematic maps, density thematic maps, scatter distribution maps, multi-attribute change maps, etc. For different industries, thematic map customization is also available.

SuperMap Thematic Maps

Provides functionality for creating thematic maps based on vector and raster data. Supported thematic types include: single-value, segmented, label, statistical, graduated symbols, dot density, custom, grid single-value, and grid segmented, etc. For detailed explanations, please refer to Thematic Map Representation.

Thematic types applicable to vector data include: unique value thematic map, graduated color thematic map, label thematic map, statistical thematic map, graduated symbol thematic map, dot density thematic map, custom thematic map; thematic types applicable to raster data include: grid graduated color map, grid unique value map.

Thematic Type Support

Supports most ArcGIS thematic map creation, such as label thematic map, unique value thematic map, graduated color thematic map, statistical thematic map, graduated symbol thematic map, dot density thematic map, etc. For detailed support, please refer to the following table:

ArcGIS Thematic Map	SuperMap Thematic Map	Support Status
Symbol System -> Unique Value	Unique value thematic map	√
Symbol System -> Graduated Color	Graduated color thematic map	√
Symbol System -> Graduated Symbols	Graduated symbol thematic map	√
Symbol System -> Dot Density	Dot density thematic map	√
Labeling	Label thematic map	√
Layer Properties -> Charts	Statistical thematic map	√
Raster Layer Properties -> Symbol System	Grid unique value map	√
Raster Layer Properties -> Symbol System	Grid graduated color map	√