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The map has been streched, but I fail to see how it should be rotated, much less by 45°, which is quite a lot. ANB, [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.208|108.162.229.208]] 10:17, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 
The map has been streched, but I fail to see how it should be rotated, much less by 45°, which is quite a lot. ANB, [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.208|108.162.229.208]] 10:17, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 
This graph synthesizes a series of static Drought Monitor maps into an intuitive time-by-latitude drought history. At times, a series of maps with an east-west drought severity gradient (let's use 'worse in west CA as an example) will be stacked horizontally. Uncompresses, you would see drought to no drought, then drought to no drought again where the ensuing map starts, then drought to no drought again, etc., until conditions change. The "crushing" of the longitude lines, however, results in a chart that shows what the most prevalent condition is along the latitude in question, changing with time as conditions change.
 
 
Expanding the longitude lines back to scale at the start and end of the chart effectively demonstrates how the graph was created without needing a lot of words.
 
 
ONE POINT MUST BE CLARIFIED: While I'm flattered, I shouldn't get sole credit for producing all the original maps. "Rich Tinker" just happened to author the last map used. The weekly Drought Monitor has 9 authors who take turns authoring for 2-week stints. And we get a lot of feedback from regional and local experts (with an array of specialties) which helps us fine tune the depictions, sometimes to the sub-county level. I expect that doesn't matter much when your crushing the large state of California down to a line of infinitely small width. [[User:Rttinker|DryAndDrier]] ([[User talk:Rttinker|talk]]) 02:53, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 

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