Group items tagged

I think these maps are much nicer than the color maps that I found in my high school history classes. The 3D aspect of them is much nicer than the heat maps I have become accustomed to. They really allow you to see the how many more people live in some regions than in others. anyqs

The graph of the population distribution of the US is a very interesting statistical representation. There is one outlying area that I noticed. In southern Florida there seems to be a very sparsely populated area and this map brings up the question of why this would be the case. Most of the coast surrounding this area is densely populated, so is there a geographic barrier there that prevents dense human settlement? anyqs

Where the money goes See:   - VSL (Six Things)  - state debt in geographic map (Billions)  - elections (Millions)

anyqs What polling statistics were used and what were the cut-offs for each category?

anyqs How has the tree distribution has changed since 2002? It would be valuable to see areas of recent over-logging in red and areas of new growth in a lighter green.

anyqs This visualization is pretty interesting however I feel its lacking something to compare it to. I wonder how this tree distribution differs from the pre-industrial revolution distribution? Is today's tree distribution worse than before because of pollution and over-foresting? I also agree with Taylor, I think a different color like red to show recent over-logging would be very valuable to the viewer. anyqs

anyqs I wonder how the distribution of trees in the North West would change if we counted trees, not Biomass in tonnes, since so many of the trees there are large Redwoods which are considerably heavier trees due to their size.