Users Help Beeb Map Credit Crunch

A map showing the perceived effects of the current economic slowdown has been put together by the BBC and a group of spatial analysts.

Visitors to the website for BBC radio programme iPM have provided the data for the map by answering which single factor is affecting them most during the “credit crunch”.

The map is then updated every 30 minutes and illustrates the differences in financial concerns across the UK.

According to the iPM blog: “We like this idea of crowdsourcing - where we recruit you in an act of journalism to help us create a picture of an aspect of UK life.”

It continues: “In a totally unscientific study that makes no claims to be anything other than a (potentially) interesting experiment, we want to create a mood map of the credit crunch. And we hope to use it to inform our journalism.”

Featured on MapTube, the graphic is the result of collaborative work between the broadcaster and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Awareness (CASA).