Mesmerizing Commuting Maps

Mark Evans has used the Google Maps API to practise a hypnotic visualization of commuting flows, showing the distances in addition to 'journeys' that American's brand to in addition to from work.

Using the ACS Commute Map y'all tin zoom inward on whatever USA county in addition to sentiment an animated map showing where people alive in addition to work. The maps don't demo the actual journeys that commuters brand precisely practise plough over a swell feel of how town in addition to urban nub centers suck inward commuters from surrounding suburbs.

The information for the maps comes from the American Community Survey. You tin larn to a greater extent than close how the map was made from this information on Mark's weblog post mapped visualizations of commuting inward the Bay Area.