Thousand
Points Of Light

Taking a cue from an election speech, this animation outlines the regions where mass detentions were carried out after 9/11.

This map is built off a database that viewers can update.

Credits
Assembled by software artist 
Josh Nimoy; database compiled by Naeem Mohaiemen, Anandaroop Roy. City coordinates database by By Xinhang Shen and Todd Westphal. Flash-based map software by John Emerson. Flash detection and embed code by Geoff Stearns