# Tobler's Flow Mapper

Note: This dataset contains migration and trade data between various countries and states. We do not currently provide this dataset for download.
Origin Notes: Data comes packaged with the http://csiss.ncgia.ucsb.edu/clearinghouse/FlowMapper/, a program designed by Waldo Tobler in 1987. This software was rereleased for Windows in 2003 by the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science.
graph features handled: Spatial, Weighted edges
Graph features in papers: spatial,weighted edges
Origin Paper: A geographic flow mapping program (https://www.notion.so/A-geographic-flow-mapping-program-c72fb2ce215848aeb498bf2ddade27f5?pvs=21)
Originally found at: http://csiss.ncgia.ucsb.edu/clearinghouse/FlowMapper/
Appeared in years: 2011
Type of Collection: Skip
is it stored properly?: No
must be analyzed: No
In repo?: No
Related to Literature - Algorithm (1) (Dataset tag relations): Flow Map Layout via Spiral Trees (https://www.notion.so/Flow-Map-Layout-via-Spiral-Trees-93bf65d7c22f4f2ab5585700ca7d1e5e?pvs=21)
cleaned format?: No
duplicate?: No
link works?: No
Added in paper: No
Origin paper plaintext: A geographic flow mapping program
Page id: 5b849ca858de45f192db4b8bd4f44c65
unavailable/skip: No
Cleaned ALL data: No
first look: No
Related to Literature - Algorithm (Dataset tag relations) 1: Flow Map Layout via Spiral Trees (../Benchmark%20sets%200cc6b5e454304aec98f3b59b1a720476/Literature%20ad87f14e7097454fb2f784e2c8a2797a/Literature%20-%20Algorithm%2012e01bfc60a84007aa7d2d34293e123d/Flow%20Map%20Layout%20via%20Spiral%20Trees%2049a6b38039174e2bb6706ddb2252c18e.md)

# Body

### Description from Literature

From “[Flow Map Layout via Spiral Trees](https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2011.202)”:

> Our data stems from various sources which we summarize in the following: Tobler [1], Moran (personal communication), Stelder [21], the Indonesian central planning bureau BAPPE-NAS ([www.regroningen.nl/irios tables.shtml](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/www.regroningen.nl/irios%20tables.shtml)), Statistics Norway ([www.ssb.no](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/www.ssb.no)), Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia ([www.csb.gov.lv](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/www.csb.gov.lv)), and the Scotch Whisky Association in Edinburgh, statistical report 2009 ([www.scotch-whisky.org.uk](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/www.scotch-whisky.org.uk)).
> 

### Example Figures

From “[Flow Map Layout via Spiral Trees](https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2011.202)”:

![Screen Shot 2023-08-17 at 4.53.16 PM.png](Tobler's%20Flow%20Mapper%205b849ca858de45f192db4b8bd4f44c65/Screen_Shot_2023-08-17_at_4.53.16_PM.png)

![Screen Shot 2023-08-17 at 4.53.57 PM.png](Tobler's%20Flow%20Mapper%205b849ca858de45f192db4b8bd4f44c65/Screen_Shot_2023-08-17_at_4.53.57_PM.png)

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