Census Data Show Immigrants Moving to the Suburbs

The New York Times had more maps on their cover today. This time they are mapping new residents to the U.S.  Oddly enough, immigrants (mapped from 2005 to 2009) seem to be moving to the suburbs rather then the cities or rural areas.

The map above shows the area where I live (Poughkeepsie NY). This is a dot density map by census tract showing a dot for each 50 persons by variable. As you move into the interactive map, the dot density numeration changes. Pretty nice.

Here is the link to the Time's interactive map. It's powered by Google Maps and uses socialexplorer.com.

If you click on More Maps you'll get to choose other variables (by tract for the U.S.) such as Race and Ethnicity, Income, Housing and Families, and Education.

Marine Protected Areas Web Map

Check out this web map called ProtectedPlanet. Giving a worldwide interactive map, you can search for marine protected areas anywhere. Search by place name or species type, or don't search at all and just browse the map. There are lot's of resources like planning documents for MPAs around the world. From the site:

"Be inspired by the most beautiful places on the planet. Explore the worlds national parks, wilderness areas and world heritage sites. Help us find and improve information on every protected area in the world. Protectedplanet.net lets you discover these incredible places through elegant mapping and intuitive searching. Protectedplanet.net wants you to contribute information about protected areas alongside national agencies and international organisations. Protectedplanet.net helps you understand what and where our natural resources are being conserved. If you are interested in analysing a global dataset on protected areas, you can download the data, today, here at protectedplanet.net."

This site is elegant. It's a wiki in that you can add new information, they use relevant Panoramio photos, you can modify the geometry and the text-based information, you can discuss. Above is a screen shot of the area near the Folkstone Marine Reserve on the west coast of Barbados. You can see the outline of the protected area, geolocated photos and information on what you'll find at the Marine Protected Area. I didn't expect there to be much for Barbados but I was wrong, and if Barbados has coverage, then I can imagine that many other places around the world will have the same and this could be the go-to site for up-to-date geoaware information on protected areas.

Thanks for the tweet, Elliot Hartley.