The globe of economic complexity About close x The Globe of Economic Complexity The globe of economic complexity dynamically maps out the entire world production of goods to create an economic landscape of countries around the globe. The original Atlas of Economic Complexity The Globe is built upon The Atlas of Economic Complexity, a powerful interactive tool that enables users to visualize a country’s total trade, track how these dynamics change over time and explore growth opportunities for more than a hundred countries worldwide. The Center for international development Associated Paper This project will be featured at the 2015 IEEE VIS conference in Chicago. Data Used Technology This visualization was built with webGL, a new graphics library that enables to create new 3D worlds in the browser. Contact Aknowledgements We would like to thank Marcela Escobari, Ricardo Hausmann, Gus Wezerek and Tim Cheston for their insight and support.
Here's Everyone Who's Immigrated to the U.S. Since 1820 From 1820 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. The interactive map below visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time. Use the controls at the bottom to stop / resume the animation or to move back and forth in time. Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration (1 dot = 10,000 people) Over time, the sources of immigration trace a clear path across the world. Through most of the 1800’s, immigration came predominantly from Western Europe (Ireland, Germany, the U.K.). Here are the largest immigration “waves” charted over time, showing the progression. While it may seem that immigration over the last few decades has been higher than ever before, the picture looks very different when viewed relative to the size of the U.S. population. Here is the same chart, with the immigration shown as a percentage of the U.S. population. Credit: Related
United States Commutes and Megaregions data for GIS This Figshare dataset contains the files created by and used in a related PLOS ONE paper, entitled 'An economic geography of the United States: from commutes to megaregions', by Garrett Dash Nelson and Alasdair Rae, published 30 November 2016. Update: 27 January 2017 - see item 7. below In addition to the files listed below, we have also provided a series of maps here, as high resolution PNGs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Please see the attached readme file for full information. This Figshare dataset contains the files created by and used in a related PLOS ONE paper, entitled 'An economic geography of the United States: from commutes to megaregions', by Garrett Dash Nelson and Alasdair Rae, published 30 November 2016. Update: 27 January 2017 - see item 7. below In addition to the files listed below, we have also provided a series of maps here, as high resolution PNGs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Please see the attached readme file for full information.
Presenting gvSIG Online: the solution for Spatial Data Infrastructures on Open Source software During the last International gvSIG Conference a new product added to the gvSIG Association catalogue was presented for the first time. We think it will be well received because it meets an every time more and more need to have a solution for implementing Spatial Data Infrastructures, using open source software and reducing implementation costs of the current market alternatives. gvSIG Online is result of the experience accumulated by the gvSIG Association at the Spatial Data Infrastructure projects implementation of all types and in any sector, from petrol companies to local administrations. But, what is gvSIG Online? We can define the product in a few lines… “gvSIG Online is an integral platform for the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) implementation, 100% open source software. In a series of posts we are going to present all the functionalities of this solution. Finally an alternative to Arc*** Online proprietary solutions! Like this: Like Loading...
Exploring Mexico through Dynamic Web Maps | GIS Education Community One of the people I regard most highly here at Esri has created an online atlas of Mexico. He started it off as an Esri storymap, but as he continued to add content, it soon become a “story atlas.” As an educator I was immediately struck by how useful the atlas could be as a tool to teach and learn about Mexico. I am continually amazed and also hear from educators at how little American students really know about their neighbor to the south. You can use this resource of over 30 thematic maps to teach and learn about population, landforms, climate, historical landmarks, caves, indigenous cultures, tourist attractions, and more. The atlas includes a unique set of cartograms showing the states of Mexico mapped on a number of different variables. Mexico story map with precipitation theme. Joseph Kerski is a geographer who believes that spatial analysis through digital mapping can transform education and society through better decision-making using the geographic perspective.
An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions Abstract The emergence in the United States of large-scale “megaregions” centered on major metropolitan areas is a phenomenon often taken for granted in both scholarly studies and popular accounts of contemporary economic geography. This paper uses a data set of more than 4,000,000 commuter flows as the basis for an empirical approach to the identification of such megaregions. Citation: Dash Nelson G, Rae A (2016) An Economic Geography of the United States: From Commutes to Megaregions. Editor: Joshua L. Received: July 2, 2016; Accepted: October 22, 2016; Published: November 30, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Dash Nelson, Rae. Data Availability: The data are available at the following Figshare link: Funding: The publication fee for this article was provided by the University of Sheffield. Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Introduction Background Data and Methods The ACS 2006–2010 Census Tract Flow Dataset
Clara Dealberto Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico | Environmental Law Institute Authors: Center for the Support of Native Lands and National Geographic Date Released: December 2001 In January of this year Native Lands’ new map, Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico, was completed. Like its predecessor, this map is bilingual, with texts in English and Spanish. A team of specialists from each of the eight countries mapped spent roughly a year and a half, from October 2000 through January 2002, gathering data for the map. Forest cover: Categories of vegetation are: Tropical broadleaf forest (upland); tropical broadleaf forest (lowland); pine forest, pine and oak (upland); pine savannah (lowland); coastal wetlands, including mangroves; high plateau (páramo); and areas without natural vegetation. Coastal-marine ecosystems: Categories are: reefs, cays, islands, sea grass pastures, turtle nesting areas, and manatee areas. Download Report