Sovereign Debt Ratings
1 Aug 2011I’m posting this more because it’s an example of a well designed cartogram map, more than because of the content. (via)
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4 Responses to Sovereign Debt Ratings
Raphael
August 1st, 2011 at 16:00
Nice, although the color scheme is pretty unforgiving. I was perplexed by this until I figured out that there was a watermark distoring much of Europe.
Thiagu
August 2nd, 2011 at 05:43
I made a interactive map (with outlook; eg:- US Rating is AAA, but Outlook is Negative) of all three: Moody’s, S&P and Fitch credit rating
Live Working demo: http://chartsbin.com/view/1178
Let me know your thoughts.
Stef
August 2nd, 2011 at 07:11
It’s not a cartogram (no area distortion based on a variable). Just a map.
lam
August 3rd, 2011 at 04:23
Good work Thiagu