Comments on: Olympic Medals Cartogram http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/ The process work of Lee Byron Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:38:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shaw http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/comment-page-1/#comment-405 shaw Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:12:18 +0000 http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/#comment-405 I just checked out the cartogram...It's almost like a tag cloud! The really interesting thing was when I was looking back at history, you see USA and Soviet Union with the largest blocks of medals. It is almost obscene how huge their dot was! And then, as time goes on and we move closer to present, you see that the dots all sort of start evening out. Seems like we are starting to be on more of a level playing field with other countries. I guess as others get more developed and we move to a much more global economy, other countries have a better chance. Really nice work having your cartogram in the NY Times. What a wonderful kudos! Shaw I just checked out the cartogram…It’s almost like a tag cloud!

The really interesting thing was when I was looking back at history, you see USA and Soviet Union with the largest blocks of medals. It is almost obscene how huge their dot was!

And then, as time goes on and we move closer to present, you see that the dots all sort of start evening out.

Seems like we are starting to be on more of a level playing field with other countries.

I guess as others get more developed and we move to a much more global economy, other countries have a better chance.

Really nice work having your cartogram in the NY Times. What a wonderful kudos!

Shaw

]]> By: tktim http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/comment-page-1/#comment-357 tktim Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:54:07 +0000 http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/#comment-357 Thanks - Hopefully this will get incorporated into a more affordable and easy to use open source program soon, maybe OpenOffice.Org. Thanks again. Thanks – Hopefully this will get incorporated into a more affordable and easy to use open source program soon, maybe OpenOffice.Org. Thanks again.

]]> By: Lee Byron http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Lee Byron Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:55:19 +0000 http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/#comment-355 sure! The cartogram was build using adobe flash. The layout algorithm is written in actionscript. It uses a soft body force directed graph layout method. sure! The cartogram was build using adobe flash. The layout algorithm is written in actionscript. It uses a soft body force directed graph layout method.

]]> By: tktim http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/comment-page-1/#comment-354 tktim Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:17:17 +0000 http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/#comment-354 Can you tell us what software / programs where used to create this Cartogram? Can you tell us what software / programs where used to create this Cartogram?

]]> By: wako http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/comment-page-1/#comment-337 wako Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:37:47 +0000 http://leebyron.com/how/2008/08/09/olympic-medals-cartogram/#comment-337 Hi Lee, I saw this, and the Olympic torches graphic, on the NYTimes and liked them both. Didn't know you had done. Nice job! Hi Lee,
I saw this, and the Olympic torches graphic, on the NYTimes and liked them both. Didn’t know you had done. Nice job!

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