Maps Maps Maps

I talked briefly last night -- late last night (don't you just love when the Legislature's in session?)-- about the idea I had for Votetracker 3.0 to automatically draw maps.

David Kirchner at the Analyst has done it, proving once again the superiority of the talent of the blogosphere. It cannot be denied.

You know, I don't know if it would be helpful or not, but maybe we should consider exporting the Votetracker database to a public XML file or something for people to come up with applications for it. OK, now I know the folks in the MPR I.T. department just spit their coffee when they read that. But I'm just thinking out loud. And there's a whole room with my old ideas anyway.

Anyway, back to David's maps, boy, there's a whole lot of Republicans who have warmed to taxes, eh?

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