The U.S. Census Bureau recently released estimates for insurance rates by county. This interactive map shows those rates, with darker shades representing higher uninsured rates:
View the larger, interactive version here.
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Mapping Wildfire Danger
Our latest work project transforms the static federal wildfire danger forecast into an interactive map. We released it today:
Users can view the full country map or find their location to see burning conditions in their area, in this case Carthage, Missouri:
And it works on a smart phone or tablet:
Mapping ‘Poisoned Places’
NPR and the Center for Public Integrity have teamed up for a series of this stories this week about facilities that emit toxic chemicals. One part of the package is this interactive map, which plots more than 13,000 regulated facilities across the country — and also colors the dots based on the potential risk to people living around them:
See a larger interactive version of the map, which was created with Development Seed’s TileMill application and hosted on its MapBox service.
White House Maps ‘Excess Properties’
The White House today released an interactive map of excess properties maintained by the federal government. And, even better, it appears they made it with open-source tools. An explainer:
The Federal Government is the biggest property owner in the United States, and billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted each year on government properties that are no longer needed…. There are roughly 14,000 buildings and structures currently designated as excess and thousands of others that are underutilized. These properties range from sheds to underutilized office buildings and empty warehouses. Over 7,000 of these properties are plotted on this map, zoom in to see Excess Properties in your state and around the country.
You can zoom into a state or specific property and also download the data set. In this view, proportional symbols represent excess properties:
Got to interactive version | Built with MapBox and OpenStreetMap