Oil Spill Map: Hard hit and waiting for another blow

The Washington Post has a well-made map of the Oil spill in the Gulf, showing a surprising amount of information in a small space.

Still staggering from devastating hurricanes several years ago, residents and wildlife along the Gulf Coast are threatened again, this time from a potentially catastrophic oil spill. As shown in the map below, tourism, commerce and the coastline are all at risk.

My only complaint about the map is that it is a little light on resolution.  The text is a bit difficult to read, but it’s still surprisingly well done.

via Oil Spill Map: Hard hit and waiting for another blow.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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