US Census data is good for more than just tracing individuals through our histories. That census data is also aggregated into bigger picture sets that can tell us many things, and is used by our government to allocate resources.
This link takes us to a page where the reported ethnicity of the population of the United States is mapped out at the county level, for every state in the union as of the 2000 Census. I find it fascinating to see where groups of people settled, and how that has played out over our country's history.
UPDATE: Due to a quirk of Blogger's publishing code, this article got released prematurely. Sorry!
This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2013 by Daniel G. Dillman
Showing posts with label Maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maps. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
A Map of the Newspaper World?
I just found out today about newspaper map, a new website that lays out and links to literally thousands of newspapers around the world. Not only that, but they're adding historical content as well! There's even a mobile version of the site for use on tablets and smartphones.
The premise is simple - this is a Google Maps mashup website. That is, they took location data for all of the newspapers they could, and put location markers on top of Google Maps all over the world. Each newspaper they have located is represented by a colored pin on the map. Clicking that pin brings up a link box to that newspaper's home page, as well as (in many cases) translations into various languages. The color of the pin indicates the original language of the newspaper. The link box frequently includes the date range the newspaper was published as well.
Right now, with over 10,000 newspapers included, there's a good chance you can find one near where you're looking. Historical coverage is more spotty at this time, but they're working on adding more content, and there's actually a button to add or correct information if you have it.
The site is still beta, meaning there are some rough edges, and performance can be slow, but this looks like a very promising tool for research in the months and years to come. Check it out!
This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2011 by Daniel G. Dillman
The premise is simple - this is a Google Maps mashup website. That is, they took location data for all of the newspapers they could, and put location markers on top of Google Maps all over the world. Each newspaper they have located is represented by a colored pin on the map. Clicking that pin brings up a link box to that newspaper's home page, as well as (in many cases) translations into various languages. The color of the pin indicates the original language of the newspaper. The link box frequently includes the date range the newspaper was published as well.
Right now, with over 10,000 newspapers included, there's a good chance you can find one near where you're looking. Historical coverage is more spotty at this time, but they're working on adding more content, and there's actually a button to add or correct information if you have it.
The site is still beta, meaning there are some rough edges, and performance can be slow, but this looks like a very promising tool for research in the months and years to come. Check it out!
This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2011 by Daniel G. Dillman
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
My Ancestors Lived Here
Kudos for a good find, and thanks for pointing this out goto Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings!
Big Huge Labs has a bunch of stuff to do and try. One of them is a Map Generator which allows you to specify places which it colors in, and sets up with some HTML code you can paste in your blog or other webpage. It has US and World maps. You check each country or state you want colored. Easy!
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