Vector Map (Tweetpings and Idea for the Project)

This article seems relevant to the new project of Vector mapping assigned in class.  From a Wired.com article, the website displays all the tweets of the world in a lit up, mapped out fashion in real time. The map was designed by web designer Franck Ernewein.  As expected, the main countries that are well represented are the United States and most Western European countries.



This isn't the first time infographs have use Twitter data to display revealing information but it is very interesting to see the tweeting data in real time.

This Twitter data mapping has inspired me to come up with a similar idea.  The best idea I can think of is something that I'm familiar with but do not know much about is the rate of Filipino migrant workers, called Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), who travel outside their country to find work.  They make up a decent portion of the GDP of the Philippines.  They have a great impact on the country's economy.  I have relatives and friends who had to leave their home to find work outside the country to be able to support their family in the Philippines.  It would be real interesting to find out how many leave their home country and where they go to find work.  Being prior Navy servicemember, I've traveled both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean and it was really astonishing to meet these OFWs.  Filipino's are all over the world!