Opening Large Data Sets

opening large data sets via ﬂickr: by www.pictobank.com Thursday, March 11, 2010

twitter.com/ericg Thursday, March 11, 2010

Data Sources: • Original Polling Center Master list of 6,969 polling centers from the Independent Election Commission (IEC). • IEC's election prelim results from September 16th, a 2,500 page PDF. • The Electoral Complaints Commission's (ECC) complaint data (which aggregates only to the provincial level). twitter.com/ericg Thursday, March 11, 2010

we needed a data browser Thursday, March 11, 2010

www.AfghanistanElectionData.com Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The system geo codes votes down the the district level. The political boundaries for this map covered 400 districts. Density point visualization shows results based on the Highlighted stations criteria, in this case % of stations effected. Thursday, March 11, 2010

Complex analysis: This Afghan ethnic distribution base layer is overlaid with districts won by Karzai (red dots) and Abdullah (green dots). Dot size indicates the number of votes. Ethnic data is digitized from the Soviet Atlas Narodov Mira Thursday, March 11, 2010

Interacting with the data: you can quickly drill down to any region, as the map zooms. Thursday, March 11, 2010

• Percent Population Urban by District Population by District (2003-2004) AIMS CSO Population Statistics. • Settled Population by Province (2006-2007) Afghanistan Human Development Report 2007, Center for Policy and Human Development, Kabul University • Estimated votes, via IEC’s Master Polling Center list Thursday, March 11, 2010

Population: 22,700 Estimated voters: 53,039 Difference: 30,339 Thursday, March 11, 2010

Total votes: 15,023 Thursday, March 11, 2010

Drill down in context: “Highlighted Station” selection continues to work within both provinces + districts Thursday, March 11, 2010

Per polling center data: see the affected stations and votes within a polling center Thursday, March 11, 2010

security matters photo credit boston.com Thursday, March 11, 2010

geography matters via ﬂickr: by www.pictobank.com Thursday, March 11, 2010

Road data: OSM provides better street data than AIMS Thursday, March 11, 2010

twitter.com/ericg via wikimedia.org Thursday, March 11, 2010

Snow line: 1,800 meters according to FAO Thursday, March 11, 2010

Map Data Sources: • Elevation information is from the SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) • Road information from OpenStreetMap • Provincial and district data are from AIMS (Afghanistan Information Management Services) Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Opening Large Data Sets

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