election graphics
Nov. 10th, 2012 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianNow that it's over and I am tremendously relieved and happy, here are two nifty graphical presentations regarding the recent American election.
The Guardian's "America: Elect!" is a comic that animates as you scroll down. Interesting effect, worked okay in the latest Firefox, but doesn't seem to have much provision for screen size.
NPR presents maps by state scaled with ad spending. Poor shrunken Alaska! I wonder how they scaled the states while still maintaining important features of shape; it seems like there must be some intriguing algorithm behind it. Wonder if I have that in FIJI somewhere.
[ETA: Also? Patty Murray fucking rules.]
The Guardian's "America: Elect!" is a comic that animates as you scroll down. Interesting effect, worked okay in the latest Firefox, but doesn't seem to have much provision for screen size.
NPR presents maps by state scaled with ad spending. Poor shrunken Alaska! I wonder how they scaled the states while still maintaining important features of shape; it seems like there must be some intriguing algorithm behind it. Wonder if I have that in FIJI somewhere.
[ETA: Also? Patty Murray fucking rules.]
