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See my blog for more information!


Imitation & enhancement of:
http://www.excelhero.com/blog/2010/04/excel-location-mapping.html

Using data from:
http://www.econ.umn.edu/~holmes/data/WalMart/index.html
http://www.econ.umn.edu/~holmes/data/WalMart/store_openings.csv

Here are some of my improvements:

o I made it slightly larger, so I can show more detail.
o I used transparent markers, so you can see locations where Walmarts are "stacking up".
o I use a 'projected' map, so the U.S. doesn't look funky/squished.
o I use larger labels for the year & summary counts.
o I let the labels share the map's white-space.
o I label the states.


Note: This example uses new SAS 9.4 syntax for the gif animation.

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