Stats of the Union tells health stories in America
From Flowingdata.com news of an iPad app that:
maps the status of health in America. Browse, pan, zoom, and explore through a number of demographics and breakdowns.
I don’t have an iPad (or iPhone) but both are venues of opportunity for topic maps.
It isn’t hard to imagine a topic map that takes the same information in Stats of the Union and adds in data that correlates obesity with the density of fast-food restaurants, making zoning decisions for the same a matter of public health.
To answer the question: “Why are you fat?” with a localized “McDonalds, Wendys, Arbies, etc.”
Nice visualizations from what I could see on the video.
Just a thought, to personalize the obesity app, you could map in frequent customers who are, ahem, extra large sizes. (With their consent of course. I wouldn’t bother asking McDonalds.)
Perhaps a new slogan: Topic maps, focusing information to a sharp point.
What do you think?