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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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