Drought.io is an interactive visualization of drought in the US, the rainfall patterns that lead to it, and the affect it has on agriculture. It was made by Theo Pak & Altan Gulen.
- Mapping
- Let’s Make a Map, by Mike Bostock
- Interactive Map with D3.js, by Mike Bostock
- Drought Data Source: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/GISData.aspx
- Agriculture Data Source: http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/index.php
- Shapefile-to-TopoJSON Conversion Tool: http://www.mapshaper.org
- D3.js charts: Let’s Make a Bar Chart, Parts 1-3, by Mike Bostock
- Deploying: refer to https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#prepare-the-app
- Prof. Cutler's CSCI-4960 "Interactive Visualization"
- http://www.drought.gov
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/24/us/drought-crops.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/mapping-the-spread-of-drought-across-the-us.html
- http://earth.nullschool.net
- Interactive Technologies : Information Visualization : Perception for Design (3rd Edition), by Colin Ware
- http://cida.usgs.gov/ca_drought/