Archive for the 'Flash Maps' Category

Economic crisis

nrc_map_eu_unemployment.jpgThis nicely constructed interactive flash map was published by the Dutch paper, the NRC, at the end of February, with data through 3Q 2008.  Hopefully they will update it for 4Q, etc.   The data source is listed as Eurostat, which appears to be an excellent resource for general EU statistics.  Not pretty, even in pink.  

nyt_unemployment_map_dec_2008.jpgFor US economic statistics, a rich data source is the St. Louis Fed.  The NY Times published an  interactive mapbased on Fed data, showing unemployment by county.  They updated the map from December to January (the image is December and the link is to January), but don’t yet have a map allowing monthly comparison.   In fact they use two different color classification schemes making comparison between the two maps visually impossible.   It would be nice if they made a comparative map like the NRC map.