The use of flow maps has an esthetic appeal for many. The line width makes the information easily interpretable. People automatically associate size with a value, bigger equals more and small equates to less.
I decided since we where mapping immigrants into the United States I decided to attempt political correctness with this maps design theme. The over arching color theme of the map is red white and blue.
Associating immigrants with a symbols that many Americans associate with freedom may cause subconscious visual appeal. Better to associate immigration with freedom than with all of the other negative stereotype that society throws at it.
With the techincal elements of the map I made all of the flow lines transparent up to 25% and placed them under any land features so they would not detract from smaller objects like islands. As an inset map I placed the smaller map to show the disbursement of immigrants through out the country. On the bigger map I decided to keep the map simple. I did not want to much clutter and with an attempt to just focus on America itself.
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