Geocode locations as addresses
Geocode locations of breweries as addresses to add latitude and longitude that can then be mapped.
We love this map because it brings a bold aesthetic to otherwise basic point data. It was designed as a large wall hanging (17 ft or more than 5 m wide!) for a brewery tasting room. Here we see an innovative use of the Dorling cartogram approach, a technique for mapping thematic data. It allows the data to be summed up by country and mapped in an eye-catching, abstract way with beautiful symbology.
Bottle tops are scaled as proportional symbols to show the number of breweries per country. This cartogram works because it quickly gives us a sense of the major brewing nations organized by geographical areas and positioned to mimic a world map. Minimal text provides labels and numbers. The bottle tops appear to be strewn across a table, yet are carefully illuminated with a light source from the top left.
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