Visualizing Unemployment Dynamics – Animate and Compare Time Periods

Last week I posted a map illustrating changes in Home Price Indices over the past 5 years.  I had one comment on LinkedIn looking for a similar map for unemployment data.  This is a different type of map using an older version of TerraSeer’s web mapping technology.  The static map below shows county-level unemployment change between Jan 2001 and Dec 2008.  You can animate unemployment rates between 1990 and 2010 or compare a custom time period (toggle from “animate” to “compare” – see lower left radio buttons) on the interactive map at TerraSeer.  Unemployment data provided by Synergos Technologies.  I welcome any feedback!

Do you have data you’d like animated?  Or would you like to be able to create map comparisons easily?  Let me know!  I’d love to  help!