We’ve stepped up our usage of ESRI’s ArcView a notch and are now using their Spatial Plugin. I’ve been wanting to create a heat map for a while of where our members and attendee’s live but never had the time to figure it out. Well… God provided us with a volunteer who has experience doing just this type of thing. David, our volunteer (not to be confused with our award winning programmer), put together this map for us AND taught me how it’s done. Thanks David!

(click map for larger image)

Notes: The color scale is not linear… so the darker green outer bands don’t represent as many homes as you might think (the smaller outer globs are probably 10-30 homes) The dark dot in the red is the location of CCV.

Checkout this interactive flash graphic at the New York Times.  It shows the Olympic metal race over time.  It’s very interesting to scroll the timeline and watch history unfold.  You can also switch to ranking view.  Especially interesting to watch the Cold War years as the US and Russia switch off boycotting each other’s Olympics.

click to view chart on the New York Times site