Showing posts with label Maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maps. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Aggressive Annexation Goes Too Far?

According to the Trib, 4150 S. 200 East is now part of Cottonwood Heights.

I think that address used to be part of unincorporated Salt Lake County, a few blocks north of Murray. I hope it's not in Murray itself, or this could be the start of an ugly border dispute!

Woohoo! Lock and load, Murray and Cottonwood Heights residents!

(Brandon Burt)

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Useful World of Web

[Better Living Through Technology] WhitePages.com has a feature that allows users to generate a map of the United States color-coded to represent the population density of people who have a particular name. Finally!

To demonstrate how the magic of color-coding can allow us to visualize data in new and interesting ways, I generated a map showing the distribution of Bill Frosts across this great nation of ours:


Bill Frost population by state

As you can see, it's impossible to swing a cat in Texas without hitting a Bill Frost; they're everywhere down there. (And they're big-'uns, too!) We understand there is also a sizable Bill Frost colony in Kentucky.

No telling why our own Bill Frost--the best Bill Frost--doesn't show up on the map. Utah is certainly not Frost-free.

Possibly, like most celebrities, he's glamorously unlisted. (Brandon Burt)