{
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Placeholder Index by State",
    "description": "One invented value from 0 to 100 per region, built to contain two geographic patterns for a threshold exercise.",
    "dataSource": "PLACEHOLDER VALUES - not real statistics. Do not cite or reuse as data.",
    "patterns": [
      "North-south gradient: outside the Great Lakes cluster, values rise from about 10-35 in the south to about 60-70 in the north.",
      "Great Lakes cluster: seven states have values from 77 to 86 that rise from west (Minnesota 77) to east (Ohio 86)."
    ],
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-30"
  },
  "config": {
    "geoJsonUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PublicaMundi/MappingAPI/master/data/geojson/us-states.json",
    "bounds": [
      [
        24.5,
        -125.0
      ],
      [
        49.5,
        -66.9
      ]
    ]
  },
  "colorScale": [
    "#8B0000",
    "#FF9800",
    "#FFC107",
    "#4CAF50",
    "#1a5e1a"
  ],
  "presets": {
    "Template thresholds": [
      20,
      40,
      60,
      80
    ],
    "Equal intervals": "computed from the data minimum and maximum",
    "Cluster near 80": [
      76,
      79,
      82,
      85
    ]
  },
  "clusterRegions": [
    "Minnesota",
    "Iowa",
    "Wisconsin",
    "Illinois",
    "Michigan",
    "Indiana",
    "Ohio"
  ],
  "features": {
    "Alabama": {
      "value": 34
    },
    "Alaska": {
      "value": 70
    },
    "Arizona": {
      "value": 36
    },
    "Arkansas": {
      "value": 40
    },
    "California": {
      "value": 43
    },
    "Colorado": {
      "value": 49
    },
    "Connecticut": {
      "value": 55
    },
    "Delaware": {
      "value": 47
    },
    "District of Columbia": {
      "value": 48
    },
    "Florida": {
      "value": 22
    },
    "Georgia": {
      "value": 32
    },
    "Hawaii": {
      "value": 12
    },
    "Idaho": {
      "value": 62
    },
    "Illinois": {
      "value": 81
    },
    "Indiana": {
      "value": 84
    },
    "Iowa": {
      "value": 78
    },
    "Kansas": {
      "value": 46
    },
    "Kentucky": {
      "value": 45
    },
    "Louisiana": {
      "value": 28
    },
    "Maine": {
      "value": 65
    },
    "Maryland": {
      "value": 50
    },
    "Massachusetts": {
      "value": 57
    },
    "Michigan": {
      "value": 83
    },
    "Minnesota": {
      "value": 77
    },
    "Mississippi": {
      "value": 31
    },
    "Missouri": {
      "value": 48
    },
    "Montana": {
      "value": 68
    },
    "Nebraska": {
      "value": 54
    },
    "Nevada": {
      "value": 50
    },
    "New Hampshire": {
      "value": 60
    },
    "New Jersey": {
      "value": 52
    },
    "New Mexico": {
      "value": 38
    },
    "New York": {
      "value": 59
    },
    "North Carolina": {
      "value": 41
    },
    "North Dakota": {
      "value": 70
    },
    "Ohio": {
      "value": 86
    },
    "Oklahoma": {
      "value": 39
    },
    "Oregon": {
      "value": 61
    },
    "Pennsylvania": {
      "value": 53
    },
    "Rhode Island": {
      "value": 56
    },
    "South Carolina": {
      "value": 37
    },
    "South Dakota": {
      "value": 63
    },
    "Tennessee": {
      "value": 42
    },
    "Texas": {
      "value": 30
    },
    "Utah": {
      "value": 48
    },
    "Vermont": {
      "value": 62
    },
    "Virginia": {
      "value": 44
    },
    "Washington": {
      "value": 67
    },
    "West Virginia": {
      "value": 47
    },
    "Wisconsin": {
      "value": 80
    },
    "Wyoming": {
      "value": 58
    },
    "Puerto Rico": {
      "value": 10
    }
  }
}