Came across this blog post in a blog I read via google reader (which is a handy way to read blogs like mine without having to check if there are new posts, this reader does that for you).
Anyhow, I digress. I read a blog called 'Strange Maps' and its all about different data (ways and means) to which a map can represent a visual for said data-sets. This post shows that others out there love data like I do, even to an extreme of 'geekiness'.
Someone listening to some 'rap' about the *ahem* prowess to which they are able to collect 'friends' in various area codes, displays the apparent travels of said rapper in a map form. I love that someone took this public data and produced a somewhat interesting data set.
As you can see from the map, Ludacris favors the south along with the eastern seaboard for his 'hoes' (his words, not mine or the mappers). So while the data set itself is not particularly 'beautiful' the idea of mapping the data set over the geographical equivalent is cool, at least to me. To each his own I suppose.
Other interesting 'maps' of recent past on this blog: Sauces of the South and Country Music's Favorite States (where someone took the mention of states from country song lyrics and mapped the 'importance' of each state proportionally). Of course some post are simply celebrating the art of cartography and others silly (like the previous three examples) and some are political (see: America's Religious locals).
So don't just take my word for it - add Strange Maps to your Google Reader for Blogs today. (And mine too :-P)
