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by dataewan 4424 days ago
Nice.

It might be better for the upper map to select a colour scale that has a zero point on it - this would represent countries that have the same price as the dollar.

A diverging colour scale would make it easier to distinguish which countries are cheaper and which are more expensive. For example:

http://colorbrewer2.org/?type=diverging&scheme=BrBG&n=7

1 comments

Great idea!

I actually had no clue how to do the color scale, and I ended up doing it with 5 different colors based on quantile. Did a small write up with my thoughts about it: http://mts.io/2014/05/07/spotify-pricing-index/

Will revisit the map with these color changes.