{"id":1197,"date":"2010-01-09T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T23:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2010-01-09T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T23:15:45","slug":"fun-with-maps-and-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/09\/fun-with-maps-and-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with maps and movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DCist <a href=\"http:\/\/dcist.com\/2010\/01\/yeah_youll_play_with_this_for_hours.php\">takes note<\/a> of Matt Yglesias&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyglesias\/status\/7569394497\">tweet<\/a> on the New York Times&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2010\/01\/10\/nyregion\/20100110-netflix-map.html?hp\">fantastic interactive map<\/a> of various metropolitan areas, broken down by zip codes and how popular each of Netflix&#8217;s top 50 rentals of 2009 was in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>The geographic patterns are fascinating, and quite revealing about the social and economic geography of the DC area.<\/p>\n<p>Some screenshots (click to see full size):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1198\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1198\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1198  \" title=\"MovieMaps1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps1.jpg?resize=620%2C422\" alt=\"asd\" width=\"620\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps1.jpg?w=968&amp;ssl=1 968w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps1.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Perry is popular in PG County, but not so much at Andrews AFB.  Also note the other cities on the right.  <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1199\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1199 \" title=\"MovieMaps2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps2.jpg?resize=620%2C420\" alt=\"asd\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps2.jpg?w=964&amp;ssl=1 964w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps2.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milk presents an almost complete opposite map of popularity. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1200\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1200 \" title=\"MovieMaps3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps3.jpg?resize=620%2C419\" alt=\"asd\" width=\"620\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps3.jpg?w=965&amp;ssl=1 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MovieMaps3.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Role Models.  Complete with spikes in popularity at couple military bases (Andrews AFB, Fort Meyer, and Fort Meade) and two colleges (Georgetown and Maryland). <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Absolutely great stuff.\u00a0 Maps are available for 12 Metropolitan areas: New York, Boston, Chicago, DC, the Bay Area, LA, Seattle, the Twin Cities, Denver, ATL, Dallas and Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DCist takes note of Matt Yglesias&#8217; tweet on the New York Times&#8217; fantastic interactive map of various metropolitan areas, broken down by zip codes and how popular each of Netflix&#8217;s top 50 rentals of 2009 was in those areas. 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