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The lines on this map provide almost no additional information at all, and make it almost completely unusable for counties with high turnover (e.g., San Diego).
by di 15y ago
The lines on this map provide almost no additional information at all, and make it almost completely unusable for counties with high turnover (e.g., San Diego).
...At least they can be turned off, but why bother?
- vitruvius1 15y agoHello-- I'm the author of the map. I meant for the lines to introduce the form of the map: that when you click on a county, you see connections between that county and other counties. You can always explain that in the text above the map, but most users don't bother to read the text, so in some informal trials without lines lots of users misinterpreted what they were seeing. The lines also give the map a sort of immediate visual punch--especially when the map is shared via a static screenshot, which lots of users have done. I figured lots of users would turn off the lines pretty quickly, since they obscure nearby pairings, and the analytics suggest that a substantial number of users do switch the lines off.