{"id":51503,"date":"2015-06-18T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/maps-glorious-maps.html"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:51:57","slug":"maps-glorious-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/maps-glorious-maps.html","title":{"rendered":"Maps! Glorious Maps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maps of data are cool. Maps from Census data are very cool. Maps from Census data modeled after 19th Century maps from Census data are extraordinarily cool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/06\/census-statistical-atlas-maps-revived\/?mbid=social_gplus'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/9-Q7ymvZOP85RFQuUPhtnQIM6QBX5AtebC4YLKUSKWgycHoGxE_B-WwCO1jP01NDwMNrIjoP_9C_T061-_Yxwc2QEM5rzYYJsydt0573r8nnZuSnFVsnicGZ=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/06\/census-statistical-atlas-maps-revived\/?mbid=social_gplus'>Fascinating Old Census Maps, Updated for a Modern America<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/R1ee6nMcDb3'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maps of data are cool. Maps from Census data are very cool. Maps from Census data modeled after 19th Century maps from Census data are extraordinarily cool. Fascinating Old Census Maps, Updated for a Modern America View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38144,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/the-shifts-of-poverty-in-us-cities.html","url_meta":{"origin":51503,"position":0},"title":"The shifts of poverty in US cities","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 5-Jul-13 11:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting set of comparative maps (if you scroll down to the bottom for the interactive one) showing how poverty demographics have changed in US cities between 1980 and 2000.It's interesting how it's spread (as suburbs have spread), integrated (in some cases), and shifted neighborhoods. 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