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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Oct 9, 2008
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The Telegraph published a series of 18 maps of the world that reshape each country according to different variables. The map above represents "Housing prices -- The size of each territory shows the total value of all housing, adjusted for local purchasing power." Check out Japan! The...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Oct 7, 2008
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Here's a nifty resource that may help you turn data into positive community action. Maps for Advocacy is a tool provided by the Tactical Technology Collective (tagline: "demystifying technology for non-profits".) This is an astounding introduction to mapping: what it is, how to use it,...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Oct 6, 2008
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Back in April 2007, I shared with you the soda pop map that's been making the rounds much more frequently since then. You've seen it (if not, click here ) -- by county across the U.S., how people refer to fizzy beverages (the leading contenders are soda, pop, and Coke). Back then I wrote,...... [view]
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Posted By: h2cm
Posted On: Jul 6, 2008
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Tripp-Reimer's 1996 paper The Dimensional Structure of Nursing Interventions has been sitting in my dsw - ' do something with ' - pile for ages. Now reading Gardenfors I came across multidimensional scaling and realised that Tripp-Reimer et al. have also been there done that . They have...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Jul 17, 2008
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The American Human Development Project is an interesting data resource and attempt to create a national indicator set to "stimulate fact-based public debate about and political attention to human development issues in the United States and to empower people to hold elected officials accountable...... [view]
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Posted By: qnp
Posted On: Jun 9, 2008
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Looks like the iPhone hasn't come far. Faster internet, more contracts, a few new applications that don't really rival the ones that us Jailbreakers already have. Many of the applications did blow me away I have to admit. The blogging app was very impressive, as well as Loopt , an app...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Feb 17, 2008
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We talked about data on religions last year, and even had an example where a community indicator on religion told important information about the kind of community people lived in . With the recent emphasis on religion and voting in the primary elections in the United States presidential...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Jan 24, 2008
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From the NNIP listserve : Please consider submitting a map for display at the first ever Regional Equity Map Exhibition at Regional Equity '08: The Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth , to be held March 5-8 in New Orleans, Lousiana. We are looking...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Jan 9, 2008
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A friend sent along this mapping tool for high school graduation rates in the United States. See http://mapsg.edweek.org/edweekv2/default.jsp to look at graduation rates by state or zoom in for district comparisons. Beyond just seeing the color-coded map, you can hover your mouse over a...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Dec 5, 2007
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There's a link to the Strange Maps blog on the left-hand column. I'd like to encourage community indicators practitioners to take a look at it, if you haven't recently. Besides an amusing map of Montana (divided into fringe groups), there's this great map about blondness in Europe :...... [view]
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Posted By: BenWarner
Posted On: Nov 4, 2007
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Three recent presentations and one announcement may be of interest to community indicators practitioners. The first is from the recent InfoVis conference where folks from Google , Swivel , and Many Eyes shared their perspectives on the impact of social data visualization . The second...... [view]
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