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<h2 class="entry-header">World Map and Statistics Challenge</h2>
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<p>Very often when you are working in an international organization, there are data that I want to represent on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blank_maps#World">world map</a>. I often end up doing it by hand, but there must be a code already existing somewhere.</p>
<p>My requirements are simple: </p>
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<li>A <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/BlankMap-World6.svg">world SVG map</a> with country id codes</li>
<li>A (html) table with the list of countries and associated data</li>
<li>A scale where values in a specific range get a specific color</li>
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<p>Given this input I would like to get a colored map such as this <a href="http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cartes/eaupotable">map for drinkable water access</a> by Philippe Rekacewicz. </p>
<p>If it doesn't exist yet, it could be a nice and very useful tool for everyone else. If it exists, please leave a comment. </p>
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<p class="postinfo">Filed by <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/karl/">Karl Dubost</a> on March 24, 2008 5:17 AM in <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/technology/svg/">SVG</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/w3cqa_news/tools/">Tools</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/w3cqa_news/w3c_life/">W3C Life</a><br />
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Frankie Roberto </strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c124788">#</a> 2008-03-25</span>
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<p>Hello. I've built a Flash file that does this (shades countries based on a XML file containing data). It took quite a while though. </p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Karl Dubost <a class="commenter-profile" href="http://www.w3.org/People/karl/"><img alt="Author Profile Page" src="http://www.w3.org/QA/sununga/mt-static/images/comment/mt_logo.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c124793">#</a> 2008-03-25</span>
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<p>Hi Roberto,</p>
<p>That's cool. Do you think it would be difficult to update it and output SVG?
Would you be ready to open source the code?</p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Owen Blacker </strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c124982">#</a> 2008-03-26</span>
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<p>There are loads of blank SVG world maps on the Wikimedia Commons; see <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blank" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Blank</a><em>SVG</em>maps<em>of</em>the_world — though I think they're all Mercator projections, not Peters.</p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Donna Antle </strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c125610">#</a> 2008-03-27</span>
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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Version 9.2 of SAS(R) now has support for SVG output. A World SVG map that you describe could be created using the gmap procedure from SAS/GRAPH software. More details about the SVG driver can be found in the SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Concepts:
<a href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/59522/HTML/default/a003181958.htm" rel="nofollow">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrcon/59522/HTML/default/a003181958.htm</a></p>
<p>Thanks,
Donna Antle</p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Karl Dubost <a class="commenter-profile" href="http://www.w3.org/People/karl/"><img alt="Author Profile Page" src="http://www.w3.org/QA/sununga/mt-static/images/comment/mt_logo.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c125671">#</a> 2008-03-28</span>
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<p>Yes owen, my link in the article goes to wikipedia.</p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Karl Dubost <a class="commenter-profile" href="http://www.w3.org/People/karl/"><img alt="Author Profile Page" src="http://www.w3.org/QA/sununga/mt-static/images/comment/mt_logo.png" width="16" height="16" /></a></strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c125672">#</a> 2008-03-28</span>
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<p>Hi Donna,</p>
<p>ah. that /is/ cool. I will give it a shot. </p>
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