I‘ve noticed a trend in the newsworld/blogworld recently. Everyone wants to represent everything on a map. Some of these are genius, others make me wonder “why bother?” I collected some of each for this post… but I warn you, once you notice this pattern you’ll start seeing it multiple times per day.
Job loss from Slate.com: (Usability note: good luck mousing-over your county)
Race in an area compared to toxic waste release from the Sundancechannel.com
Electricity Visualized from NPR.org (This link has many map options. Wind power pictured below.)
Immigrant Populations from the New York Times (Also an “explorer” graphic with interactivity)
Religion in the United States via the Wall Street Journal
That’s just a taste. Also see:
- Falling tax revenues
- Pop vs Coke vs Soda
- and of course…
- The Swine Flu
(post image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2340939496/)
Below are some great maps from the 2004 & 2008 elections:
“Maps and cartograms of the 2004 US presidential election results”
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/papers/election.pdf
“Maps of the 2008 US presidential election results”
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/
And so many flu maps…
http://www.interbent.com/images/flu-pandemics2.png
http://urbanomnibus.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/uspop.jpg
I’ll keep the collection coming. 🙂
http://madoffmap.com/