Help me find good interactive maps
March 24, 2009 7:16 AM Subscribe
What interactive maps have you seen that do a particularly good job illustrating an issue? I'm thinking about trying to put one together to illustrate a project I've been working on, which is loosely about policy changes, and I can't believe no one's done this before. This, from Newsweek, kinda gets it ... but I'm looking for other ideas.
These are not exactly interactive, but may be of use.
posted by aheckler at 7:49 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by aheckler at 7:49 AM on March 24, 2009
I like Gap Minder (also see Wired article).
This BBC article (scroll down for the Titanic graph) is also good, but not interactive.
posted by devnull at 8:03 AM on March 24, 2009
This BBC article (scroll down for the Titanic graph) is also good, but not interactive.
posted by devnull at 8:03 AM on March 24, 2009
Toronto Star has a map blog with some interesting ones they've done to illustrate various issues (ie. bike accidents in Toronto, etc.). Sometimes includes a nerdbox that talks about the challenge of constructing the maps.
posted by Wilberto at 8:10 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Wilberto at 8:10 AM on March 24, 2009
If you measure the quality of an interactive map by how depressed you make young single men, this map I made is pretty high up there.
And here is a[n incredible] TED talk that's pretty much all Gap Minder.
posted by soma lkzx at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2009
And here is a[n incredible] TED talk that's pretty much all Gap Minder.
posted by soma lkzx at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2009
You might find further inspiration at http://infosthetics.com/.
posted by Ness at 9:01 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by Ness at 9:01 AM on March 24, 2009
Response by poster: Hmm. Thanks. Most of these seem to mine data. I'm not quite looking to do that -- I'm more looking to use a geographical area to explore an issue -- say, for example, what might happen to a small city if the power grid went down, or looking at who controls water rights in a small town in Arizona, or something like that. (Lots of possibilities, no?) Anyway, that raises two questions: are there maps out there that do this? And if not, maybe that's for a reason, and there's a better way to do this project?
posted by janet lynn at 10:46 AM on March 24, 2009
posted by janet lynn at 10:46 AM on March 24, 2009
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posted by BadMiker at 7:31 AM on March 24, 2009