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CIBizMaps™ portrays the world in terms of business-related statistics by re-sizing countries. Such statistics include the number of patents issued to each country, the number of skilled worker (H-1B) visas issued by the US to each country, and many others. The mapping project was done by Emily Chen D'08 and Jeffrey Milloy D'09 under the supervision of Professor Andrew B. Bernard to answer and raise questions about the business world we live in today.
Formats. You will need a JavaScript enabled web browser and Adobe PDF to view the maps. When a variable is selected, the map will morph from an ordinary world map into a map sizing countries by that variable. Printer-friendly PDF versions of the maps include the five highest and lowest ranked countries for each variable.
Data values. Countries with missing values are delineated by a white color on the map. For example, the map portraying immigrant visas in the US does not have a value for the US, so the US is colored white. A country may also have a missing value if it is not included in the dataset or is included in another territory (as Taiwan may be sometimes included with China). Countries with a value of 0 are included in the calculation of re-sizing country areas (and thus are not white). The maps cannot portray negative values. To overcome this obstacle, we separated these variables into pairs of maps, such as exports and imports instead of net exports. To view exact values, the raw dataset can be viewed for each map.
Acknowledgements. Special thanks to Tom Gross for providing the cartogram script used in this program, and Mark Newman and Michael Gastner for developing the diffusion-based method for creating equal area cartograms. The Newman-Gastner paper can be found here.
For suggestions or difficulties, email intl.business@dartmouth.edu.