Editor for Google Maps [MapFab.com] GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION | A place for geography students and teachers to find interesting, current supplemental materials. Produced by geography professor Seth Dixon. Where We Came From, State by State Foreign immigration is a hot topic these days, but the movement of people from one state to another can have an even bigger influence on the United States’ economy, politics and culture. Americans have already seen this with the Western expansion, the movement of Southern blacks to Northern cities and the migration from the Rust Belt. The patterns of migration continue to change. California, shown above, has long been the destination of American dreamers from other states. It no longer plays that role; residents are leaving for greener pastures out East. Today, the state is still pulling in foreign immigrants, but the percentage of American-born transplants has shrunk significantly as more people leave the state. States in the South that have traditionally been dominated by people who were born there are seeing significant in-migration for the first time. The following charts document domestic migration since the turn of the last century, based on census data.
stats | Millennium Indicators Mac and More: Tableau Public 8.2 Launches Today we're pleased to announce that the newest version of Tableau Public, version 8.2, is available on Windows and Mac! Tableau Public is the free version of our revolutionary software that we make available to anyone wanting to tell engaging stories with public data on the web. A free 14-day trial of Tableau Desktop 8.2 is also available. Tableau Public on the Mac Tableau Public 8.2 looks and functions great on the Mac, supporting high-resolution Retina displays and incorporating Mac-specific controls. More than just being available on the Mac, Tableau Public 8.2 also features a number of game-changing advances for those seeking to tell engaging stories with data on the web: Story Points With Tableau Public Stories, you can create a sequence of Story Points that walk your reader through the narrative arc in your data. Here's an example, and you can read more about the new Story Points feature in our recent blog post 8.2 Preview: Story Points. New Map Designs New Visual Data Window
Knoema. Atlas mondial de données et d'infographies Knoema est une ressource précieuse qui compile des milliers de datas publiques issues de centaines de sources concernant la plupart des pays du monde pour en proposer des représentations graphiques interactives. Knoema est un sorte de Google du data et de l’infographie. L’idée de base de cette plateforme libre dédiée à la connaissance est de connecter les datas ou données publiques disponibles avec des outils graphiques d’analyse et de representation. Knoema fonctionne à la façon d’un moteur de recherche classique et va vous permettre de trouver des données brutes et des infographies interactives sur une multitudes de de sujets dans des centaines de domaines différents. L’atlas mondial de données proposé par Knoema va ainsi vous permettre de croiser pays, sources, classements et sujets de forme très intuitive. Je le disais en commençant, Knoema est une ressource précieuse dans tous les sens du terme. Lien: Knoema Sur le même thème
Urban Population Map Close Source United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Population Division special updated estimates of urban population as of October 2011, consistent with World Population Prospects: The 2010 revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2009 revision. Graphic presentation of data based on The Guardian, 27 July 2007. This map is stylized and based on an approximate scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or territory or the delimitation of any frontiers. Notes Because of the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan by the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the United Nations on 14 July 2011, data for the Sudan and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available. Data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions of China. Data for France do not include French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion.
International Programs - Information Gateway Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1. What is the International Data Base? The International Data Base (IDB) offers a variety of demographic indicators for countries and areas of the world with a population of 5,000 or more. World and Region demographic indicators in the IDB, including population totals, exclude the populations of countries and areas with fewer than 5,000 people. The IDB has provided access to demographic data for over 25 years to governments, academics, other organizations, and the public. 2. The IDB provides many types of demographic data, including: · Estimates and projections of: Birth, death, and growth rates, migration rates, infant mortality, and life expectancy Fertility rates Total population and population by age and sex 3. The following ZIP file contains the complete data set which has currently been released and is used by the International Data Base tool. 4. 5. The following reports cover fertility, mortality, and migration: 6. (play button). 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
20 Good Map Creation Tools for Students A couple of years ago I published a list of 21 online map creation tools. Since then some of those tools have gone offline and new tools have replaced them. Here's my updated list of online map creation tools for students and teachers. Wikia Maps is a map creation tool from Wikia. Odyssey.js is an open source map creation tool from CartoDB. Visits is an online tool for creating a location history timeline by using your Flickr images and Google Maps. National Geographic's Map Maker Interactive offers themes on which users can create custom map displays. ikiMap is a free service for creating custom maps online. Animaps is a service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps. Tripline is a service designed to enable anyone to record a trip they've taken or to plan a trip itinerary. Scribble Maps is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Mapfaire is a free tool for quickly creating maps that contain simple placemarks.
Jobs Charted by State and Salary The industries that people work in can say a lot about an area. Is there a lot of farming? Is there a big technology market? Couple the jobs that people work with salary, and you also see where the money's at. You see a state's priorities. For example, look at California. For a drastic change, switch to Washington, D.C., where people who work in the legal and business sectors are much more common. Move the median salary up a bit, and you get a sense of overall salaries (and a correlating cost of living, kind of) as you check out different states. Anyway, it's an interesting first look at employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
20 Good Map Creation Tools for Students A couple of years ago I published a list of 21 online map creation tools. Since then some of those tools have gone offline and new tools have replaced them. Here's my updated list of online map creation tools for students and teachers. Wikia Maps is a map creation tool from Wikia. Wikia Maps has two map creation options. You can use Wikia Maps to create maps in a manner similar to those that you may have previously created in Google Maps. Odyssey.js is an open source map creation tool from CartoDB. Visits is an online tool for creating a location history timeline by using your Flickr images and Google Maps. National Geographic's Map Maker Interactive offers themes on which users can create custom map displays. ikiMap is a free service for creating custom maps online. Animaps is a service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps. Tripline is a service designed to enable anyone to record a trip they've taken or to plan a trip itinerary.
Map of Most Common Race It's been a challenge for me to fully understand what's been going on lately, so I find myself looking at a lot of data and maps. It kind of feels like grasping at straws, but at least it's something. The map above shows the most prevalent race in each county, based on data from the 2013 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. For reference, the national estimates from the 5-year 2013 estimates where 63.3% white, 16.6% percent Hispanic, 12.2% black, 4.8% Asian, 0.7% Native American or Alaskan, and 0.2% Pacific Islander. Click, drag, and zoom for details. Here's St. Similarly, below is Baltimore, Maryland. For me, it was interesting to compare nonwhite races, because whites tend to make up a high percentage that obscures the single-digit distributions. So yeah, there that is. The map doesn't show everything.