ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY STATE
Maps and fusion tables are quite powerful visual tools that can be used to reflect variety of data from results of the US presidential elections by state to the number of nuclear weapons by country around the world. In this example I used data to generate a gradient map of energy consumption data by state in 2009 [in trillion Btu]. Source: Official Nebraska Government Website
As part of my group’s project, we can present different types of statistic based on geographical comparison for different historical presidential elections. We can look at median income levels by state, unemployment rate, percent of income paid in taxes, republican vs democratic voting states. This will assist us in visually supporting the findings of our team’s research.
Great work, Tatsiana. Did you import the data from the Nebraska site yourself, or did you find in the tables search we linked to? Did you have difficulty transforming the data points to graphical shading? Be ready to talk about these steps in class today.
Also– how might you use this map as the basis of a historical argument? What additional data might you need to find? I’d also like to push you a bit further about your project; what questions, specifically, might maps help you answer?