This was a proposal that I put together for GW a while ago. Feel free to contact me regarding implementation of any of these ideas incase this would be a good fit for your institution.
Having trouble with image on the right, so I abandoned that direction, but it brings up the question of alignment and rotation. I think this is well within EC ranges. Suggestions ( besides using full square ? ).
Note: the one on the right does NOT work. Don’t get frustrated by trying. Have to tweak it.
How does google make everything so easy to use. Last year I spent so much time trying to code in GIS data, and learn about software platforms, and I wish I had this application. I think this will be a big help in visualizing government open data sets, and getting us towards more of a “gapminder” type of vision.