AIDS maps

I love maps. I can spend hours looking at a particularly interesting representation of just about any geographical area, which is why Google Earth is really dangerous.

I also love charts - a good graphical depiction of data can really get me thinking.

I really love it when the two are combined, especially in the form of a cartogram, a re-proportioned map. There were a lot around showing the US by population after the 2004 election debacle, a sort of cathartic "we're not that tiny" scream by spatial-visualization-inclined Democrats.

I finally got around to making some of my own; here's my first set, comparing wealth to AIDS in the world:





Yes it's too late, no this isn't healthy. But when depressed, I get very creative.