Guess the Map IV: A Thousand Cries for "Hint Please!"

[TheMulattoMaker]

What are the different sections of the map? For example, Canada is mostly light yellow, but there's a ton of gray boundary lines separating light yellow from... um... light yellow.

EDIT: A guess- Native American lands or population.

EDITY EDIT: An observation, if it helps anyone- a lot of the smaller islands are dark brown. Odd...

ENOUGH WITH THE EDITS: Another guess- bears. (Does Mexico have bears?)

...forests of some sort?

 

[North King]

What are the different sections of the map? For example, Canada is mostly light yellow, but there's a ton of gray boundary lines separating light yellow from... um... light yellow.

Well, half the guess is what the areas are, and half the guess is how they're shaded.

EDIT: A guess- Native American lands or population.

EDITY EDIT: An observation, if it helps anyone- a lot of the smaller islands are dark brown. Odd...

ENOUGH WITH THE EDITS: Another guess- bears. (Does Mexico have bears?)

...forests of some sort?

Respectively: No, though that would be a cool map, that is actually a good observation, no, and good guess but no.

These last three edits are on the right track.

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

National parks or protected areas.

 

[North King]

Nice. On the right track, but not completely correct yet (what are the regions; how are they shaded).

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

I don't know what the exact answer is, but it seems to be a combination of bird sanctuaries, national parks, preservation areas, and state/provinicial parks.

 

[Save_Ferris]

Concentration of endangered species?

 

[choxorn]

Average rainfall at a certain elevation?

 

[Lovebird]

The regions are shaded according to percent of protected land. Darker is more.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

the more shaded the more "areals" (only certain animals live in these places)

 

[Baleog]

Proportion of the land owned by the government.

 

[North King]

The regions are shaded according to percent of protected land. Darker is more.

Correct. Since no one's really venturing guesses about the other part -- the regions are ecoregions.

 

[Lovebird]

The rules say that if i dont want to post a map i can declare 'open floor' which i assume means that anyone can post a map. If so then i declare open floor.

 

[uat2d]

May I?

 

[aukrest]

Looks like life expectancy; that's my guess.

 

[uat2d]

Yeah, well, I made it specially easy because it was the first thing that came to mind and wanted to have the 'thrill' of having people guessing my map.
Guess next time I'll actually have to look up a map that's not that obvious to guess.

Long story short, aukrest, you're up.

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

17 minutes. Is that a new record?

 

[aukrest]

17 minutes. Is that a new record?

My first map starting off Guess the Map III was guessed within a minute

I'll have a map up sometime tomorrow - so don't fret.

 

[aukrest]

Sorry for taking a while - but I had difficulty finding a map. Found this one by mistake, but I think it's pretty good.

 

[North King]

Skin color?

 

[aukrest]

Skin color?

No, but it's somewhat similar.