Post AdhNWs3dozlIEfcnJ2 by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
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 (DIR) Post #AdhNWqbbDljjjPUsxU by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-01-10T09:14:36Z
       
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       We may be in a year of the next UK General Election so it'd be great to improve our reusable hex cartogram of the new UK constituencies. Here's the background to creating the first draft https://open-innovations.org/blog/2023-08-03-hexes-for-the-next-general-election #hexmap #GeneralElection
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhNWs3dozlIEfcnJ2 by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-01-10T09:16:49Z
       
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       I made a hex map editor to let you rearrange hexes:  https://open-innovations.org/projects/hexmaps/builder.html?maps/uk-constituencies-2023.hexjson Click on a hex to select it and then click in a gap to move it. When a hex is selected you can press "c" on your keyboard to select all the other hexes with that colour to move. You can save the output as HexJSON (button at the bottom) then you could either update https://github.com/odileeds/hexmaps/blob/gh-pages/maps/uk-constituencies-2023.hexjson or send me a copy of the file.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhNWu0sYEjyIgLcHI by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-01-10T09:20:58Z
       
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       I made the first draft so it may need work in some parts of the country (particularly the south). Obviously all hex layouts are a compromise but if you can improve the feel of the layout where you are, that would be appreciated.A few guidelines I've tried to follow:* maintain the overall shape of the country and large scale features* keep the nations and regions as coherent blocks* make sure that any constituencies with compass directions in their names make sense.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhNWvtrXIJg9V52cS by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-01-10T09:23:28Z
       
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       Some other organisations who've made UK constituency hex maps in the past have done things like have Glasgow North south of Glasgow South and that just seems wrong.I've made sure that the East Midlands separates the West Midlands from Yorkshire&Humber and that the South East separates London from the East Midlands. Also, the South East stops the East of England touching the West Midlands. Some hex layouts don't care about that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdhNWxxTsoOoXImxXM by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-01-10T09:29:59Z
       
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       And for those wondering what HexJSON is; it is a simple JSON format for sharing hex layouts https://open-innovations.org/projects/hexmaps/hexjson People have made libraries/plugins for R/D3/Javascript to display it.