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Figure 3.6 The official names of all the 459 districts that existed in 1981 are
shown, sorted and indexed alphabetically. Places can be identified and individual
districts found on the maps and cartograms with these numbers shown on them
by using this list. Note how if all the names of all the districts are to be included
they can only just be printed when evenly distributed.
least convoluted. While it is possible to achieve both these aims simultaneously,
possibly also producing a unique solution, they are somewhat contradictory aims.
Maintenance of the original perimeter dramatically restricts simplification of
the internal boundaries. A population cartogram of Britain can be produced that
precisely preserves the original coastline, but a confused internal structure results.
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