Link to article:http://medcitynews.com/2012/02/a-google-maps-glimpse-of-the-impact-of-the-medical-device-tax/
Link to interactive map:http://batchgeo.com/map/35b8aecb95e2d0d14e1892e94e21eabe
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| Fig 1: Companies against the medical device tax.
a) This interactive map was found on the medical news website MedCityNews.com. On the website, there was an article which highlighted the map and its creator John Eckberg, the spokesman for the Cook group medical device company. I have provided the link to the map as well as the article above the image.
b) The map shows the distribution of medical device companies in the United Stated which have petitioned Congress to repeal a controversial tax on medical device sales. When the map is zoomed out, it clusters companies in groups based on geographic location. As you continue to zoom in or click on specific clusters,smaller clusters and individual companies will appear.
c) I am a fifth year student and will be done with undergraduate courses in December. As someone planning to enter the workforce interested in the medical device industry, this new tax is very troubling. The tax in question here is part of the ObamaCare initiative. Medical device companies will be taxed in order to help fund ObamaCare. The tax will be based off of sales, not revenues and will devastate these companies. Many have already announced lay-offs and I'm sure hiring will decrease industry-wide. As we all know, finding a job is not easy right now, and I do not want this tax to make it even more difficult for me.
Map 2:
Link to map and article: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/blog/2010/04/forecast_6_years_til_home_prices_return_to_peak.html
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| Fig 2: housing recovery |
a) This map was found on the website of the Baltimore Sun newspaper, baltimoresun.com. According to the article in the link above, the map was created by Fiserv and Economy.com.
b) This map is a prediction of when certain housing markets will make a full recovery and reach the prices they were at before the 2008 "Great Recession." Areas in red will be slow to recover and areas in blue will recover the most rapidly.
c) This map is interesting because unlike other housing price maps, which often show the percent change in price for some past time period, this map shows the number of years in the future until local housing markets will return to pre-recession peak levels. I am also curious to know why California, which is generally known for very high housing prices, is one of the slowest states to recover. Is it because the once-high prices allowed for bigger drops during the recession?
Map 3:
Link to maps and article: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670744/infographic-mapping-americas-fast-food-regions#1
a) This map was found on fastcodesign.com. This is a business and design website. It was created by Steve van Worley.
b) The top image is a map of the United States. The bottom image is just a close-up of the Western portion of the same map. I chose to single it out because it focuses on my home and current state, California. This map is an infographic map, meaning data or information is presented visually to the reader. This map displays data about fast-food hamburger restaurants around the country. Different color dots correspond to different fast-food chains. Red corrresponds to Burger King, black is McDonald's, purple is Jack in the Box, green is Carl's Junior, white is DQ, blue is Sonic, and yellow is Wendy's.
c)We can see the certain parts of the country are more endeared to certain chains. Apparently, Jack in the Box is the California favorite. However, I'm disappointed that other chains, such as In N Out and Five Guys are not included in this map. I think Californians frequent In N Out more than a lot of other fast food burger restaurants in state.
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