[Editor’s note: This week’s Economist print edition features several geography themed illustrations, including KAL’s take on the H1N1 swine flu situation.]
Republished from The Economist.
April 30, 2009
Cover Artwor: The Pandemic Threat
Illustration by KAL
The Berlusconisation of Italy
Illustration by Peter Schrank
Australia’s Chinese entanglement
Illustration by M. Morgenstern
A healthy development: Taiwan and the WHO
Illustration by Claudio Munoz
[Editor’s note: This is my mashup for The Washington Post tracking the H1N1 swine flu outbreak. It is custom built using the Google Maps for Flash API. Reporting is by Washington Post staff and is updated several times each day. Zoom in and out of the map to see more detail and different symbolization approaches.]
Screenshots below:
Interact with the original at The Washington Post . . .
Use our interactive mashup to track the distribution of swine flu (H1N1) cases around the world. Click on the map markers to learn more about cases at each location.Â
SOURCES: Staff reports; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and World Health Organization. Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso; Research by Madonna Lebling, Robert Thomason, Mary Kate Cannistra and April Umminger – The Washington Post. First published April 27, 2009 at 10 p.m.
