Professional Geographer » thematic map http://drjill.net more than mere place names Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Slate’s Interactive Map of Vanishing Employment Across the Country http://drjill.net/2010/01/slates-interactive-map-of-vanishing-employment-across-the-country/ http://drjill.net/2010/01/slates-interactive-map-of-vanishing-employment-across-the-country/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:08:05 +0000 drjill http://drjill.net/?p=651 Interactive Unemployment Map
In their Dec. 30, 2009 post, Slate poises the question “When Did Your County’s Jobs Disappear?” with a nicely done interactive map and timeline. Besides painting a dismal picture of the ongoing state of U.S. unemployment, this map does an equally fine job of integrating space, time, and demographic data.

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MapTube Big Mac Index

MapTube is a free resource for viewing, sharing, mixing and mashing maps online. Created by UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, users can select any number of maps to overlay and view.

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