“Authoritative source”is one term being thrown around quite a bit in media circles. CBSNews references a mashup from “Laurel”of confirmed and unconfirmed cases.
What we know about “Laurel”:“I’m a computer scientist interested in helping provide tools for real-time disease tracking.
If you have any questions,please email me at:swineflu09 [at] gmail [dot] com .”
What we know about the map:“This is a map depicting confirmed and suspected cases of the 2009 H1N1 outbreak,with contributors from all over the world,from a variety of backgrounds including health,journalism,technology.”
What we know about the “points”:They all seem to source news outlets.
I’m curious how/if CBSNews vetted mashup maps and selected this one over other user generated ones.