Thursday, August 13, 2009

Map of the Week-Hurricane Season Again

Hurricane season is upon us again. According to a Penn State study (reported by the BBC), Atlantic hurricanes are more frequent than at any point in the last 1000 years. At the moment the Atlantic is fairly quiet. There is a tropical depression named "Two" that is losing strength - details from the National Hurricane Center.


Maps from the National Climatic Data Center show where hurricanes have struck land in the Eastern United States since 1950. Unfortunately the resolution on this image is fairly low and the higher resolution version is 40 MB and will likely take your computer an hour or more to download - perhaps they want you to buy the poster?

4 comments:

MvW said...

Oh man, what a disappointing design! I think very highly of NOAA but ... somebody needs to be spanked for the graphic design, the map design, and the huge electronic file design of that puppy.

Dug said...

I guess you won't be signing up for the $18 poster!

Anonymous said...

Check out the large map viewed with Seadragon.

Dug said...

Nice, smooth ajax functionality! Really shows the flaws in the map design clearly!