tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566036031670722613.post1688699124522687615..comments2018-11-06T00:48:53.265-08:00Comments on Graph of the Week: Global Fires, the Amazon and HumansPatrick Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14874894005290887213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566036031670722613.post-3936598916889330592012-05-25T10:30:30.433-07:002012-05-25T10:30:30.433-07:00Tom -
Completely agree with you. The data that I...Tom - <br /><br />Completely agree with you. The data that I was able to obtain listed the carbon output by country, so that's what I had to go with (http://www.globalfiredata.org/). Now, on *their* site (the Global Fire Data site), it shows what you are looking for, but all of the FTP links to that sort of data were broken (I tried every one, multiple times, multiple ways).<br /><br />That being said, Brazil is not necessarily a bad example since politics has something to do with their 'redness' on the matter. :-)<br /><br />And to answer your question: the deeper the red, the more carbon output by amount contained within the country's borders.<br /><br />Thanks for your excellent feedback.dezert1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01201701558271990438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566036031670722613.post-60408416426521638422012-05-24T18:30:51.711-07:002012-05-24T18:30:51.711-07:00Great post, Patrick.
I'm no hater of choropl...Great post, Patrick. <br /><br />I'm no hater of choropleth maps, but your map here highlights one of their weaknesses, namely mixing in political borders which gives undo visual prominence. In your map above, you graph the total grams of fire carbon emissions as a color filling the entirety of the country. This has a compounding effect that skews the data. Is the deep red an effect of the amount of carbon output or the size of the country? Since big countries have more trees to burn, they have more carbon output. And since they show up bigger on the map they are even more prominent. In short, not only is Brazil deep red, it's deep red and huge!<br /><br />Graphing by color the carbon output per square km (or per wooded square km if that exists) or graphing circles for the size of carbon output would be an improvement in my opinion and closer to what the data really show.a Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509077480190944037noreply@blogger.com