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I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meanin
by plopz 7y ago
I really dislike these maps that use circles. The circles overlap, are hard to reason about spatially and the size seems to be an arbitrary scale without meaning.
- claar 7y agoTotally agree. But if you zoom in, the circles do stop overlapping, which helps.
- arriu 7y agoIt is confusing. Is the idea that the circle corresponds to the area that the virus may have spread to locally?
- whatshisface 7y agoThe size of the circle I think is related to the logarithm of the number of cases in that area.
- MiguelVieira 7y agoAlso only seems to show the cumulative counts, rather than the counts per day, per region, which makes it impossible to tell where the situation is improving or deteriorating.
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- 7952 7y agoA simple table without country name is much easier to understand for someone with basic geographic knowledge. Maps are not always the best approach.
- Svip 7y agoIf they had more detailed locations like at the city level, then a map would be far more useful. But since it's mostly just by country, then it actually gives off the wrong impression.
- Reedx 7y agoIt feels a lot like how you'd represent it in a game or movie for emotional effect.
- wiredfool 7y agoThe thing that drives my OCD nuts is that in Europe, all of the circles are centered the centroid of the country, except Germany.
- dantillberg 7y agoWeird. Is Germany's circle at the centroid of West Germany, maybe?
- Rebelgecko 7y agoIf you didnt see this when it showed up on HN a week or so ago, you might enjoy it: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/product/mapping/mapping-coronavirus-responsibly/ https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/product/mapping/ma...