Week Five Map

I had a pretty hard time finding a map where I actually liked the timeline. Turns out I'm a little picky about this aspect of interactive maps and all of the variables that add to the complexity surrounding the timeline.

I finally came across this AWESOME map. Not only is it incredibly interesting, but it's super interactive with the timeline being, probably (I think...), the MOST interactive part of the map.

Here is a map of refugee migrations around the world in EACH YEAR from 1975 to I believe 2012.

The timeline is really very cool in that there is a pause/play aspect (duh), but there are also clickable notepad icons that give you a run down of why that particular year had migration/refugee influxes. BUT WAIT... it gets even greater... you can click on ANY country in the world and get a number/directional arrows of what countries these refugees would flee to. When the country has been clicked you can click on any year of your liking and see the number of people who moved out and where as well as a small description in the upper left corner telling you the greater details of the year.

To get out of the individual country view was kind of annoying as it's this tiny little globe on the top right corner with almost identical colors to that of the focused map, but it is very well done, and when you're in the global view and click on any year there is a title description for a story behind the refugees within a particular state.

The only other complaint I have other than getting out of the global view being a bit difficult to find, is that the timeline although great and very well thought out, might be moving a little too quickly for me. I think this may be because the idea isn't really to look at the dot density aspect of the map played out (even though it looks cool) throughout the time played, but to get into clicking each year and seeing the different events that took place over the years.


Here it is:

The Refugee Project Interactive Timeline Map