The United Megaregions Of America

Garrett Dash Nelson as well as Alasdair Rae accept identified fifty regions of the USA based on distinct classify task markets. The novel identified megaregions of the USA were determined past times analyzing over 4,000,000 commuter journeys.

You tin thought the results of this analysis of commuter journeys inwards the USA on the Megaregions of the United States interactive map. The map shows the borders of the identified megaregions. It likewise shows the commuter journeys which determined the shape of each of these novel megaregions. If yous hover over whatever of the megaregions on the map yous tin thought the cite that Nelson & Rae has given the megaregion as well as the cite of the major metropolis at the pump of its distinct interconnected task market.

The map is powered past times the Leaflet.js mapping library. The information itself was made into slippy map tiles past times using QTiles, a QGIS plugin for creating raster map tiles for interactive maps.