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Very Spatial and other blogs links to interactive maps about campaign contributions for the U.S. 2008 election [warning, it seems the maps don't work with Firefox]. From this article (including screenshots): "Being the FEC, the map is also not without bureaucratic guidelines. It only includes itemized individual contributions; PAC money or donations under $200 are not reported; and primary and general funds are not separated. Also, money transferred from cong. to WH accounts will be attributed to the state where the cong. cmte was registered -- So, all the “SEN” money that HRC raised from 22101 or 90210 is recorded as contributions out of NY State." See related stories below.

We covered electoral maps quite a few times in the past. The official Google LatLong blog discuss the mapping of where U.S. congressional provisions (or earmarks) are directing funds and links to a USA Today article. The Map Room links to an interactive map of the results of the recent Swiss federal election and links to a new U.S.-oriented site named The Electoral Map. Below I copied some of the previous stories related to elections, including this one on worldwide electoral geography website.

Here's this weekend's Australian election results in Google Earth and an interactive election map: "The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is covering today's election live using Google Earth. Simply download this network link. [...] The ABC also has an interactive election map (using Google Maps) with more details. Googlers in Australia also created an election website a few weeks ago which provides background information on the election with a Google Maps mashup and also YouTube videos on the candidates." See also related stories below.

Here's a bunch of geonews related to Google Earth / Maps. First is unveiling of a collection of tools and databases based on Google Earth for the state of Alabama, named Virtual Alabama: "The department worked with Google to use Google Earth technology as its primary means of visualizing an operational picture around the state. The same tool will be used by first responders, county planners, and other officials to get detailed geographic views overlayed with critical information." The GEB also discusses anthropogenic biomes and population density maps for GE. The official Google Lat Long blog shares a gadget for the U.S. 2008 presidential election. Ogle Earth describes the free EarthNC trip and route planner tool for Google Earth. Related stories copied below.

Arno Scharl writes "The ECOresearch Network has just released a geotagged news archive on the US Presidential Election 2008. The system gathers and annotates documents from blogs, environmental organizations, the Fortune 1000 and news media from the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Processing these sites yields more than 800,000 documents each week. The tightly coupled interface integrates geographic maps with information landscapes, ontology graphs and tag clouds to reveal both geographical and semantic relationships. Each visualization is implemented as a Web Map Service and displayed via OpenLayers. A 6-minute screencast demonstrates the major components. Besides geotagging the documents, the system provides weekly statistics on the US Election 2008. It identifies (i) attention by counting references to a candidate, (ii) sentiment towards a candidate by looking for co-occurring positive and negative expressions, (iii) keywords reflecting the most important topics associated with a candidate." See below other US elections 2008 stories.

From the GIS Development web site : "As the US presidential election season begins, the coming year promises a series of primaries, caucuses and straw polls, culminating in a general election in November. GIS and software development company to help geographically record, map, and analyze election day incidents in real-time, for the first time in the 103 years of Committee of Seventy. The primary challenge of incorporating GIS into this endeavor was to create a system that would enable both quick recording of incidents and real-time map generation." For the entire article see this web site : http://www.gisdevelopment.net/news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_wbpqhleozg

Yesterday was election day in the United States, several geoblogs links and discuss the various maps available online. Spatial Sustain shared numerous links, including the New York Times and Wired coverage, but also MSNBC interactive map, ABC News interactive map and Washington Post's detailed interactive map. The official Google Lat Long blog ran an entry on their special Google Maps, YouTube layers and Twitter updates. Very Spatial informs us about a BBC state-by-state map. All Points Blog links to an article on a multi-touch collaboration wall for the elections. And finally, DataLibre links to a map of the political blogosphere. See also previous stories below. I may add other sources below since I anticipate additional geoblog coverage in the coming days.