Gregor Aisch @driven-by-data.net · Feb 27 To compute the final layout we use a force simulation with 3 forces: one of them keeps neighboring districts together while another pushes districts away from each other if they are too close. Coloring the nodes helped to identify problems during the process.
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Of course, no cartogram comes without distortion. The western states like North-Rhine-Westphalia are heavily populated and push the lesser populated districts to the East. But the final layout worked well during election night, I think.