Small Arms Imports / Exports
August 17, 2012
Launch Experiment
Not working? This is a WebGL experiment, so try running it with Google Chrome.
From the Author:
This data visualization was produced by Google as part of the 2012 Google Ideas INFO (Illicit Networks, Forces in Opposition) Summit with support from the Igarape Institute and data provided by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) small arms database. The data includes annual customs report data providing >1 million data points of individual exports and imports to map the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition across 250 states and territories across the world between 1992 and 2010.
Technology:
HTML5, JavaScript, WebGL, WebGL Globe
Comments
The only limitation in this map is the mouse. If I could pick up that globe I would be staring at it for hours.
Reply to this commentFantastic work!
Is this code open source somewhere?? There is a link that says you can download the source code but it's a dead link: http://www.google.com/ideas/focus.html#mapping-arms
Reply to this commentAlso experiencing this issue.
Reply to this commentHi. I created a full review of this project for my Visual Analytics class. I thought that sharing it here may help future projects with its critics and comments. Good job, overall! Review link: https://sites.google.com/site/smallarmsrecension/home
Reply to this commentWow. Not only is the tool outstanding, but the uses for displaying data are awesome. And the numbers make you think a lot.
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Reply to this comment... and who exported almost five times the amount of arms they imported?
The Swiss.
I thought they were supposted to be peace-loving, happy little mountain people! Click on Switzerland and see just how much they export to places in, say, the Middle East. Bloodthirsty little mountain people it turns out to be....
Reply to this commentSwitzerland has remained neutral in most world conflicts. I was reading the other day that in Switzerland it is not uncommon to see people carrying their weapons with them in towns or where ever they happen to be. The story said that in their culture firearms safety & responsibility are taught & it is expected. I believe that they also have a law that all homes must have firearms in them for protection for family & country if the need should happen. Maybe that's why Hitler avoided conflict with the Swiss!
Reply to this commentAs a Swiss your uninformed comment with wild speculations made me laugh hard but also scared me. The only men who carry arround guns in public are Swiss army members on their way to and from their barracks (many go by train). They can keep the gun at home during the year and after their service which is politically opposed by some people because many suicides and domestic murders happen with these guns.
I have NEVER seen anyone other than police and army member carrying guns in public and I'm pretty sure it is illegal unless you have a license and conceal them. No one I know owns a gun (other than military members). Obviously there is no law that "all homes must have firearms" don't be ridiculous. There is no rational reason to own a gun. It does not protect you and owning one increases your chances drastically to be harmed by one and that is how the majority in Switzerland thinks.
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Reply to this commentVery well accomplished.
Keep it up Google :)
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Reply to this commentCan i get the codes to do some more experiments?
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Reply to this commentWow the US imports of civilian arms is way up compared to what the US exports. However US export of military arms is at the top, so there is great demand for US military grade arms. I guess the US needs better civilian arms manufacturing to get demand up world wide, and reduce the civilian arms trade deficit.
Reply to this commentAnother reason to buy locally, think globally.
One of the best data visualizers yet! Great job!
Is the code available for clickable countries?
Thanks!
Reply to this commentCan I borrow your code and implement it using other trade data?
Thanks,
Reply to this commentSame here. The ability to use the globe, select/search for countries and display data once clicked is what I need most. The rest is freekin awesome!
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Reply to this commentThis is what I fear most users of this type of visualization are going to do:
"You see here? This is a large and pretty line. See how bright it is? This is obviously important. This is much more important than this little line. We must prevent little lines and promote big, pretty lines. Don't let the little lines win."
That's a warning for users of the imagery and not a chastisement of the makers of the imagery. If you don't have anything to say that is backed-up by solid logic and clear supporting data then your position will not be defensible in the face of less pretty but much more solid argumentation. Then again, who am I kidding... pretty pictures win regardless of the real meaning of the content.
Reply to this commentWho would ever think such things??
Reply to this commentI think you have too low expectations of people ...
link is down
Reply to this commentI fear that governments blocked this experiment.
Reply to this commentHey there,
i try all the time to start these data but, after klicking the button "launch experiment" it doesn't work anymore.
Reply to this commentis there a bug or the link wrong?
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Reply to this commentPlease fix the link… I need this for a presentation tomorrow : (
Thanks, K
Reply to this commentel link a la pagina esta roto, por favor si lo pueden reparar
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Reply to this commentBrilliant! The potential for this is huge. A very nice interface for starters, but of course the lines will be clickable and expandable to their data content. And the slider will slide. And one will be able to select a few or many threads...
Please do wheat and other food commodities, as well as oil. And perhaps bigger arms, if you can get data.
Reply to this commentRun data on all military imports/exports.
Reply to this commentWow, what a fascinating and cool experience. I wish CBC or BBC would have similar interactive components to many of their news - for example, imagine you want to see food export/import data, what effects do certain variables have on trade (i.e. Mad Cow disease outbreak, what impact did it have on exports to Japan). This is one sort of an experiment I can 100% see the value in. Thanks! BTW works perfectly in Firefox 15b5
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Reply to this commentWe are one of the leading countries in arms import and export,look at the$ involved in this deadly support instead of helping our own citicens we dont care or do we""?
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