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See my blog for more information about this graph!


This map shows off sas' ability to annotate images.

First, I annotated a red and a blue polygon in the location
where I'm going to put the picture, only a little larger than
the coordinates where the picture will go.  This colored 
polygon is optional, but I use it to help serve as a "color
legend", so that people can instantly tell which candidate is
represented by which color (red or blue) in the map, by 
seeing which color is framing which candidate.

I then annotate the pictures in the same location as the
colored polygons, only slightly smaller.  I also use the 
annotate 'html' variable to add an title= charttip/flyover-text
and href= link to each candidates' home page.

In the map, I use the same red & blue colors (by specifying them 
in the pattern statements), and I use a gray outline (which helps
tie the map in the the gray background).  I use gmap's html=
option to allow me to specify which variable contains my html
title= charttip/flyover-text, so the user can mouse over the states
and see the actual number of electoral votes in that state, and
who was the winner.

Bush and Gore pictures modified from royalty-free clipart ...
http://free-stock-photos.com/
http://free-stock-photos.com/president/gwbush-1.html
http://free-stock-photos.com/history/al-gore-1.html

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