Tuesday, October 7. 2008

Podcast: Reviewing the 2008 Interactive Election Maps

Many media outlets offer interactive maps to explore current data on the upcoming U.S. elections including the option to create you own scenarios by assigning states to candidates. How do the sites compare? What's missing? Our editor's 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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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Directions on the News Podcast, Media & Maps at 01:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |

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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/

#1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2008-10-14 09:18 (Reply)

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