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Use NPR US tiles #45

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@trangdata trangdata commented Jan 14, 2025

Bị ném đá dữ quá nên phải sửa. Instead of the the layout by Erin Davis, we're now using NPR US state tile layout with 2 small adjustments: moved HI and AK in and switched RI and MA. This blog post has a good analysis on neighbors but essentially ignores the US perimeter shape (what they call "lookalike"). To me, NPR has a good balance of "look alike" and "accurate" neighbor states.

These changes attempt to address some comments we received on r/dataisbeautiful:

  • Does it bother anyone that the four-corners states aren’t contiguous on this graphic? nickw252
  • I understand why you did it, but making the chart look square and neat is a ratio, but having Nevada in the four corners spot hurts my brain. Colorado needs Utah! polkaguy6000
  • The states not being in their normal alignment is messing with my brain. TheOnlyVertigo
  • The choices of positioning some of these states is really weird and makes using the map unintuitive. Oklahoma is south of New Mexico, which is next to Kansas? DC is east of North Carolina, while South Carolina sits between Tennessee and North Carolina? Ohio and Wisconsin are now neighbors? Very weird choices. shereth78

Four corners are now preserved. My redditors should be satisfied.

@trangdata trangdata requested a review from dhimmel January 14, 2025 01:57
@dhimmel dhimmel merged commit 219ed68 into main Jan 14, 2025
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dhimmel commented Jan 15, 2025

Here's the graphic post-pr:

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