Meanings
nounValeriepieris circle (plural Valeriepieris circles)
plural Valeriepieris circles
- neologismgeographyA circle drawn over some geographic region containing over half of that region's population.
Figure 3. Valeriepieris circles for the continental United States between 2000 and 2020 overlayed on 2020 population data.
2023 December 13, Rudy Arthur, “Valeriepieris Circles for Spatial Data Analysis”, in Geographical Analysis, volume 56, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Wiley-Blackwell, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 520
Origin
The concept was introduced by Reddit user u/valeriepieris in a post on r/MapPorn on May 5, 2013.
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