NPP's Federal Priorities Database generates maps about federal spending, often down to the county level. These could be more effective--right now, the site generates Flash maps with a 3rd party tool. Like this:
And you can drill into a state like this:
But what if we could show counties and states together like this. Configurable, repeatable, choropleth maps????? http://bl.ocks.org/wrobstory/5683024
? Are there better ways than maps to show this information?
The point of this project is twofold:
- Get rid of the flash maps
- Improve our visualizations