Posts tagged "Maps"

I recently added some new charting tools here thanks to NPR's excellent daily graphics rig, which we used recently to compare air quality in Seoul with other large cities. There's... Read more →

sunfoundation: Visualizing the Local Effects of Recovery Spending on Job Loss In the wake of U.S.  President Obama’s speech on jobs last night, we present this mapping of Recovery Act... Read more →

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Members of Congress recently filed their quarterly campaign-finance reports, which detail their political fundraising, spending, cash on hand and debts. The Center for Responsive Politics posted the totals for all... Read more →

An interactive map from work:  This map visualizes the number of years officials have served in the U.S. House of Representatives, with darker shades representing longer seniority. Toggle the map below... Read more →

Inspired by FlowingData’s post, I mapped world gas prices by gallon in U.S. dollars. Gas is most expensive Turkey ($9.69) and The Netherlands ($9.01), where my mother in law lives and... Read more →

A cross post from my work blog: The Bronx. Queens. Fort Bend? Texas now has some of the nation’s most diverse counties, according to an index created by USA Today... Read more →

The U.S. Census Bureau today released redistricting data for the District of Columbia, a city that at first glance remains quite segregated — at least in terms of where people... Read more →

Using data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, anyone can download historical data on earthquakes across the globe in various formats. Here’s a screenshot in Google Earth from a KML... Read more →

I built a bunch of static maps today to visualize the Hispanic population change in Texas House districts. We’ve decided instead to create an interactive version, and I didn’t want... Read more →

Which countries censor the Internet, according to a report by the OpenNet Initiative: See full-size version Hat tip: Travis Swicegood Read more →

The percentage of Facebook users by state as of Dec. 2009 (darker shades represent higher rates of usage): Sources: Google Fusion Tables, U.S. Census Bureau | Data Read more →

I love Google’s public data explorer, which has lots of records from around the world and powerful visualization and mapping tools. Here’s a map of greenhouse gas emissions: Here’s a... Read more →

Who doesn’t like salsa, right? It’s America’s number-one condiment, at least in the mind of George Costanza. But not all states like it the same, apparently, according to Google, which... Read more →