The Google Maps team has set up a showcase for some of its favorite mashups from the 2008 US presidential election.
Four of the mashups – Primary Results, Twitter, Search Queries, and Campaign Trail – were made by Google itself. The Primary Result mashup shows how states and districts across the country voted in the primaries. The Twitter mashup highlights political tweets as they pop up around the globe. Search Queries shows how geographical regions differ in how often they search for candidates’ names. And the Campaign Trail map follows the candidates around as they shake hands and kiss babies.
MIBAZAAR has contributed two of its own maps: one for tracking Obama’s life path (embedded above) and one for tracking McCain’s. Another mashup has been added from The Huffington Post that sheds light on campaign donations: who’s giving them, to whom, how much, and where.
It’s no secret that we’re all for tracking the candidates and where they stand on tech issues. Who will be the first to create a maps mashup furthering this cause?
Hahah, this is truly amazing! I can’t believe what I see with my eyes.
very cool! i like that they feature open source political content for developers–forward thinking, google!
political maps? so much for a reference strandard…guess google wants to open the doors to someone deciding border disputes someday?
That’s a great idea.
Nat
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McCain’s time line will take an hour to play.
Very cool Google !!!
I did notice something that TC isn’t reporting on.
http://www.alex...&size=Large
I don’t own any of these but can’t help but notice their meteoric rise to the top of Alexa.
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Cool..but wth all their brain power, why couldnt Google enable 2 simple foward/back buttons…
This is an excellent showcase done by Google, you are just rocking. I wish if MIBAZAAR can track out Osama Bin Laden’s life path.
-Deepa (dooyt.com)
I think it’s a bit biased not to put the McCain map nor link to it. Didn’t he also win the TechCrunch Primary?
I think it’s a bit biased not to put the McCain map nor link to it. Didn’t he also win the TechCrunch Primary?
Great timeline. They went through it pretty quickly though, almost like they were expecting it to be longer — maybe setting it up to add more.
These are some great mashups!
Also check out these maps from PolicyMap for an alternative visualization of where the campaign contributions are coming from:
Obama: http://www.poli...403226&cz=7
McCain:
http://www.poli...403226&cz=7
(the underlying platform is Pushpin not Google Maps, so you won’t see them in Google’s election showcase anytime soon)
That’s a great idea
Well thats just neat, what will google think of next. I going to look for all the politicization now.
Действительно интересно. А информацию не с ЖЖ случайно взяли?
Google Maps is free and fantastic
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