Calculate area shares from an original classified grid and recognise what the map omits.
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Land-use maps
Classifications describe the mapped dominant land use in equal-area cells. They do not describe everyone who lives or works there.
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Cell
Land use
Area (km²)
A1
Housing
1
A2
Green space
1
A3
Housing
1
A4
Housing
1
B1
Transport
1
B2
Industry
1
B3
Green space
1
B4
Industry
1
C1
Green space
1
C2
Transport
1
C3
Industry
1
C4
Housing
1
D1
Housing
1
D2
Green space
1
D3
Green space
1
D4
Industry
1
Fictional land-use grid. Original fictional resource; not an official map or real dataset.
Resource description
A1: Housing; A2: Green space; A3: Housing; A4: Housing; B1: Transport; B2: Industry; B3: Green space; B4: Industry; C1: Green space; C2: Transport; C3: Industry; C4: Housing; D1: Housing; D2: Green space; D3: Green space; D4: Industry. Every cell is 1 km².
Use the resource carefully
State the unit and the part of the resource you used. A pattern in a fictional dataset is evidence for that exercise; it does not establish a fact about a real place.
Check whether an explanation is supported by the data or needs additional geographical knowledge. For statistical tasks, a calculated result does not establish causation or significance by itself.