<html><head><linkrel="stylesheet"type="text/css"href="storyDetailView.css"><metaname="viewport"id="viewport"content="width=320, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/></head><bodyid="story_pane"class="NB-iphone"><divclass="NB-san-serif"id="NB-font-style"><divclass="NB-extra-large"id="NB-font-size"><divid="NB-header-container"><divclass="NB-header"><divclass="NB-header-inner"><divclass="NB-story-title">Fifty US states with equal population and a long title that stretches the limits of the width of its container. More reveals after the jump.</div><divclass="NB-story-date">14 Feb 2013, 1:16pm</div><spanclass="NB-middot">·</span><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-author/Sarah Pavis"class="NB-story-author "id="NB-story-author"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>Sarah Pavis</a><divid="NB-story-tags"class="NB-story-tags"><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/general"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>general</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/new gilded age"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>new gilded age</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/sequester"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>sequester</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/general"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>general</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/new gilded age"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>new gilded age</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/sequester"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>sequester</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/general"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>general</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/new gilded age"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>new gilded age</a><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/classify-tag/sequester"class="NB-story-tag "><divclass="NB-highlight"></div>sequester</a></div></div></div></div><divid="NB-share-bar-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-shares"><divclass="NB-story-comments-shares-teaser-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-comments-shares-teaser"><divclass="NB-story-comments-label"><b>5 comments</b></div><divclass="NB-story-share-profiles NB-story-share-profiles-comments"><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-1148"class="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/1148"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://graph.facebook.com/100445/picture"/></a></div></div><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-23766"class="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/23766"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b81436883b4b34c863b52fca89461ba1"/></a></div></div><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-26578"class="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/26578"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1649024682/me_hat_and_horns_cropped_square_smaller_normal.jpg"/></a></div></div><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-public-user NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-40207"class="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/40207"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/2431422609/kq0kzk7nu8d96sninm1m_normal.png"/></a></div></div><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-public-user NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-38896"class="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/38896"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://www.newsblur.com/media/img/reader/default_profile_photo.png"/></a></div></div></div><divclass="NB-right"><divclass="NB-story-share-profiles NB-story-share-profiles-shares"><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-public-user NB-user-avatar"><aid="NB-user-share-bar-36
<blockquote><p>The map began with an algorithm that groups counties based on proximity, urban area, and commuting patterns. The algorithm was seeded with the fifty largest cities. After that, manual changes took into account compact shapes, equal populations, metro areas divided by state lines, and drainage basins. In certain areas, divisions are based on census tract lines.</p><p>Keep in mind that <ahref="http://fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/">this is an art project</a>, not a <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact">serious proposal</a>, so take it easy with the emails about the sacred soil of Texas.</p></blockquote>
<p>(via <ahref="http://stellar.io/doingitwrong">★doingitwrong</a>)</p><strong>Tags:</strong><ahref="http://kottke.org/tag/maps">maps</a></div><divclass='NB-share-header'></div><divclass='NB-share-wrapper'><divclass='NB-share-inner-wrapper'><divid="NB-share-button-id"class='NB-share-button NB-button'><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/share"><div><spanclass="NB-icon"></span> Share this story </div></a></div><divid="NB-share-button-id"class='NB-share-button NB-train-button NB-button'><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/train"><div><spanclass="NB-icon"></span> Train this story </div></a></div></div></div><divid="NB-comments-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-comments-public-header-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-comments-friends-header">3 comments</div></div><divclass="NB-feed-story-comments"><divclass="NB-story-comment"id="NB-user-comment-1148"><divclass="NB-user-avatar NB-story-comment-reshare"><aclass="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/1148"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://graph.facebook.com/100445/picture"/></a></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-author-container"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reshares"><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avatar"><imgsrc="https://s3.amazonaws.com/avatars.newsblur.com/avatars/32048/thumbnail_profile_1358188630.jpg"></div></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-username">michaelglass</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-date">4 days ago</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-likes"></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-content">//</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-location">San Francisco</div><divclass="NB-button-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reply-button NB-button"><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/reply/1148/michaelglass"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reply-button-wrapper"> Reply </div></a></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-like-button NB-button selected"><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/like-comment/1148"><divclass="NB-story-comment-like-button-wrapper"><spanclass="NB-favorite-icon"></span></div></a></div></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment"id="NB-user-comment-23766"><divclass="NB-user-avatar NB-story-comment-reshare"><aclass="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/23766"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b81436883b4b34c863b52fca89461ba1"/></a></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-author-container"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reshares"><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avatar"><imgsrc="https://s3.amazonaws.com/avatars.newsblur.com/avatars/32048/thumbnail_profile_1358188630.jpg"></div></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-username">Courtney</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-date">4 days ago</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-likes"></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-content">I'm kind of ok with the state of Casco</div><divclass="NB-story-comment-location">Boston, MA</div><divclass="NB-button-wrapper"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reply-button NB-button"><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/reply/23766/Courtney"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reply-button-wrapper"> Reply </div></a></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-like-button NB-button"><ahref="http://ios.newsblur.com/like-comment/23766"><divclass="NB-story-comment-like-button-wrapper"><spanclass="NB-favorite-icon"></span></div></a></div></div></div><divclass="NB-story-comment"id="NB-user-comment-26578"><divclass="NB-user-avatar NB-story-comment-reshare"><aclass="NB-show-profile"href="http://ios.newsblur.com/show-profile/26578"><divclass="NB-highlight"></div><imgsrc="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1649024682/me_hat_and_horns_cropped_square_smaller_normal.jpg"/></a></div><divclass="NB-story-comment-author-container"><divclass="NB-story-comment-reshares"><divclass="NB-story-share-profile"><divclass="NB-user-avat