2012-11-06
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Our Two Democracies At Work. - 06 (posted by Michael Stoll)
This is a nice way to show block information on a map, better than block cartograms in most respects I think though that eastern seaboard is still problematic…
It is a nice diagram- naturally, since it’s from the Isotype Institute. I’d love to see a version of this with electoral college voters instead.
It’s well worth looking at the set this is part of, too.
2012-11-05
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US election results - Electoral college cartogram (by toffeemilkshake)
My stab at an electoral college block cartogram from 2008.
I think we nailed the geographical likeness pretty well (aware obviously that the states are even more skewed in terms of vote distribution in 2012).
This was hidden behind a tiny radio button(!?) so very few people ever saw it.
toffeemilkshake also made some interesting comments on the previous non-geographic electoral college diagram I posted, as well as a US-style “swingometer”.
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U.S. Electoral College – Graphic of the Day | The Knowledge Effect at Thompson Reuters.
Most images of the electoral college that decides the US presidential election are geographical, like the ones on Nate Silver’s Five Thirty Eight blog. The above graphic scales the states by the number of electors, rather than area, and the vast red states of the south and plains look rather smaller in it than they do in a standard map - and give a better idea of the fact that the race is closer than you’d think from looking at most visualisations.
(Note that the original post was in April, so the colours of “toss up states” are more than a little out of date.)
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An animated GIF composed from the New York MTA hurricane recovery maps from the first to the fourth of November, most obviously showing the restoration of service in Lower Manhattan and across the East River to Brooklyn. Full size version (1.3MB).
The map format changed on the third to not include the parks or some other details, but I neither have the software nor skill to remove them from the first two PDFs. If you do and want to do better, please go ahead.
Source PDFs: Nov 1, Nov 2, Nov 3, Nov 4 (midday); Nov 4 (evening).
2012-11-01
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The official MTA post-Sandy map, 2012-10-31 (download PDF) (via) (previously)
2012-10-31
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London Underground map after the 7th July attacks and failed bombing attempt on the 21st July 2005. By Feòrag NicBhrìde.
2012-10-30
“The depiction of a promise”
Are you familiar with Baidu? The Chinese can’t show satellite images of their cities so they model these detailed axonometric cityscapes.
Baidu shows very beautiful representations, similar to hand-drawn maps. They’re like the depiction of a promise, telling you that it’s a beautiful country to live in, whether it’s true or not.
Michael Stoll interviewed for Domus. Previously, previously.
(Source: domusweb.it)
