The Statistical Atlas of the United States is a treasure treasure trove for data lovers produced by the Census Bureau — but the last one to made dates back all the fashion to 2000 . So Nathan Yau decided to make his own , using just publicly available data . It ’s amazing .
“ With more information than ever , it seems like there should be one . Maybe that ’s why there ’s is n’t one,”muses Yau on his web log , Flowing Data . “ Too much data , too much of an project , and too many bureaucratic decisions to make … I got to think , hey , I could do that . ”
And he has . Aping the first interpretation of the Atlas , created way back in 1874 , he ’s unearthed publicy available data from government internet site across the U.S .. In turn , he ’s create maps that describe the country in great detail . There are maps showing geology , weather and earth utilization ; population , raceway and ancestry ; education , income and disability ; death rate , Cancer the Crab relative incidence and heart disease ; road links , ferryboat crossings and railway routes .
In short , his modern take on the Atlas identify the U.S. in as much detail as most us would ever handle to need , coalesce 1874 styling with up - to - date data . It ’s quite something . you’re able to see some of our favorite varlet here , or search all of Yau ’s work over at flux Data . [ flow Data ]
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