John Keefe

John Keefe is the Executive Producer for News at WNYC, New York Public Radio, and blogs about journocoding at johnkeefe.net. This post is licensed under Creative Commons and may be reused non-commercially with attribution.

Journalist’s guide to mapping data by county, district using ShpEscape

John Keefe Aug. 30, 2011 9:46 am

If you’re mapping data by county, ZIP code, congressional district or any kind of region, points just don’t cut it.

You need shapes.

Fortunately, the U.S. Census and many municipalities provide those shapes in the form… Read more