Podcast: Reviewing the 2008 Interactive Election Maps

By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
October 07, 2008

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Many media outlets offer interactive maps to explore current data on the upcoming U.S. elections, including the option to create your own scenarios by assigning states to candidates. How do the sites compare? What's missing? Our editors praise USA Today's implementation, along with Yahoo's, and find at least one laughable offering. Hear about their likes and dislikes and how these interactive sites reflect the state of technology in the media and the demand for social tools.

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Further explorations (#1) by Adena Schutzberg, Directions Magazine
Date: October 14, 2008 14:19 PM

If you are interested in looking more deeply at the maps, the GIS Dev Cafe Blog's Aaron is taking them one one by one.
http://www.gisdevcafe.com/

Good Podcast (#2) by Aaron VanWieren, GISDevCafe.com
Date: October 20, 2008 14:28 PM

Thank you for the reference. I hope my reviews can be as thorough as yours in this podcast. Good reviews of these sites.

There are definitely allot of maps available this year and allot of different means of telling the election story.

Once again, good coverage.
Thanks

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