Interactive Maps of Billionaires (0)
4/29/12 •
Shown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables. The first map shows a gradient map of the world’s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country. The second map shows a heat map of the world’s billionaire’s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location). The third map shows the individual ... read more
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Mapping Emancipation Events during the Civil War (0)
4/12/12 •
University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, with Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, has launched “Visualizing Emancipation,” the first interactive map showing the end of American slavery during the U.S. Civil War. The application displays more than 3,000 geographically tagged emancipation events, such as reports of African Americans helping the Union, fugitive slave notices, ... read more
Interactive Map of Heavy Metal Bands By Country Per Capita (0)
3/31/12 •
Where are heavy metal bands the most dense when compared against a country’s total population? The original static map (shown below) was created by Reddit user depo_s who took the listing of bands by country from the Encyclopaedia Metallum and calculated the number of bands per 100,000 people using numbers from the CIA World Factbook. The nordic ... read more
Mapping the World at Night (0)
3/30/12 •
Saturday March 31st at 8:30pm local time everywhere will mark Earth Hour. For one hour, millions will switch off their lights as a way to come together to demonstrate the need to take action on climate change. Why at night? The increase of energy consumption worldwide can be visualized through the comparison of night light ... read more
Mapping Access to Safe Water (0)
3/22/12 •
World Water Day is held on March 22 each year as a way to bring global attention to the world’s freshwater resources. Started by the United Nations, the theme for this year’s World Water Day is Water and Food Security. Access to clean water is not just necessary for hydration, but is needed to produce ... read more
St. Patrick’s Day Maps and Geography (0)
3/16/12 •
St. Patrick’s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them. Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland’s birthday, March 17th has transcended its religious origins and become a day to wear green, speak in a fake Irish brogue, and eating corned beef. Of course, the Dempsey in me ... read more
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