lørdag den 18. oktober 2008

Dataset of the Day: Financial (Crisis) Space


Der er ikke en dag hvor man ikke hører om den globale finanskrise. Men hvor er GIS'en blevet af? Hvis man virkelig ville gøre krisen forståelig for almindelige dødelige kunne det være en god ide at vise det på et kort. Vis hvor pengene er og hvor de er på vej hen - sådan et (real time ;-) kort ville være fantastisk ...
/Sik


Not a day goes by without the talks about the ongoing global financial crisis. But where is the GIS? If you really wanted to explain the problems for all us mortal beings it would be great using a map. Show us where all the money is and where it is going - a (real time ;-) map would be great ...
/Sik


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Financial space is hard to pin to a map. Still, there is a lot of spatial data about the economy in geocommons:

State Growth Indicators

BEA,Real GDP by State, USA, 2004-07

BEA, State Personal Income, USA, 2nd Qrt. 2008

Mortgage Data
Federal Reserve Bank of NY, State Level Alt-A Mortgage Characteristics, USA, AUG 2008

Federal Reserve Bank of NY, Non Prime Mortgage Conditions, USA, AUG 2008

Federal Reserve Bank of NY, State Level Alt-A Mortgage Characteristics (Adjustable Rate Mortgages), USA, AUG 2008

Federal Reserve Bank of NY, Non Prime Mortgage Conditions (Adjustable Rate Mortgages), USA, AUG 2008

(thanks Brendan)

Share of Employees in Financial Services

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Read more: http://blog.fortiusone.com/2008/10/17/dataset-of-the-day-financial-crisis-space/

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