Maps Archive:
Ebay Black Friday
29 Nov 2009Animated map of the 1+ million transactions that happened on ebay. (via)
Legal Voting Age
23 Nov 2009I hadn’t realized how uniform this was around the world. Thanks to Jack for pointing it out.
Corruption 2009
20 Nov 2009Interactive map of Transparency International’s 2009 “Corruption Perception Index”. (via)
The Average Flag
In: Innovative Maps
19 Nov 2009Bonus points for trying something new: flags of the world with their colors weighted by population. (via)
Great Lakes Infographic
16 Nov 2009Combines relative elevation, depth, and volume. I’m not so sure they needed to be overlapping (maybe vertically staked would have been better?), but it’s still a nice graphic. (from wikipedia’s Great Lakes page, via Kelso’s corner)
Exploding Empires (1800-2004)
16 Nov 2009A strange visualization of the decline of imperialism – colonies explode out as they are granted independence. (via)
Political Map
15 Nov 2009Use the slider to browse the changing political makeup of America, 1960-today.
Piracy Watch
12 Nov 2009As a demo for their “visual fusion” software, idvsolutions has produced an interactive map and timeline of global ocean piracy. Not bad, though bing maps seems to be having trouble integrating with it a little.
Hurricane Tracker
8 Nov 2009Another historical look at hurricanes. This one has a number of very interesting filters and sliders. I wish someone would do something like this for recessions (not on a map, obviously). (via Vizworld)
Unemployment
In: Employment Maps US Economy
5 Nov 2009Flowingdata takes a look at unemployment 2004-09
Government Spending
5 Nov 2009Not a very accurate scale.
Recovery Mapping
5 Nov 2009Recovery.org has an interactive map that lets you track where the spending is going (down to the street level).
AP Economic Stress Map (November update)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
2 Nov 2009Updated November 2nd. The map displays unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy, or a composite “stress index”, by county. In the upper right you can change the period the %-change is calculated for. To look at data over time, click on the “Oct.2007 to present” option and a historical slider will appear at the bottomDouble click on a region to zoom in; click & hold to move around.
Draw Your Accident
2 Nov 2009It’s a bit off-topic, but I like this niche little online tool for mapping out the scene of your own automobile accident.
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