Yesterday nosotros looked at around peachy examples of animated oestrus maps. Today nosotros celebrate the fine fine art of animated choropleth mapping.
The Long Island Index's 40 Years of Long Island's Changing Demographics is a mapped visualization of demographic alter throughout Long Island over a xl twelvemonth menses (1970-2010). The map allows y'all to explore at census tract score demographic alter using nearly xl dissimilar variables.
You tin purpose the demographic category links to a higher house the Google Map to conduct dissimilar census results to stance on the map. Some of the changes inwards Long Island, revealed past times the maps, are striking. The map shows how manufacturing jobs on the Island bring dramatically fallen away, how Long Island’s population is ageing together with how teaching levels are steadily rising.
The timeline slider allows y'all to visualize demographic changes over fourth dimension decade past times decade. You tin manually progress through the decades or conduct the play push to animate through the xl years of census data.
The map was developed for the Long Island Index past times the CUNY Graduate Center. The Regional Plan Association has besides published a detailed study of around of the demographic changes revealed past times the map.
