Haiti disaster cartography
They've done it again at the New York Times
To coin a phrase from my good friend JAG at Innovation, this is pure infographic caviar
Super text and visual reporting, supporting a very impressive topographic relief map
However does the wonderful rendering of the mountain range enable us to understand which areas of Port-au-Prince are badly effected by the earthquake?
Is the mountain range and the visualisation of the 'valley' important in the story telling?
Maybe!
Whatever the answer, now I know what the Port-au-Prince area looks like
Please leave comments below, I think that this is an interesting debate to have
Cheers
I watch the news regularly but this was the first time i had been presented with the information about what is happening with the geographical context/ location clearly depicted. I do agree that it is perhaps more concentrated on visualizing the area rather than the destruction. all in all it was very informative.
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