michal migurski: data in context
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Data In Context
http://sta.mn/jty
Michal Migurski, Stamen DesignHacks & Hackers, January 2011
StamenEric Rodenbeck
Michal Migurski (me)Shawn Allen
Deborah MonaghanAaron Straup Cope
Geraldine SarmientoSean Connelly
Jeff EasterPatrick DillonJulie Bottrell
3 Contexts…
Here vs. There
Now vs. Then
Small-Here vs. Big-Here
2 ProjectsCrimespotting
This Tract
Crimespottinghttp://crimespotting.org
http://sta.mn/sw
http://sta.mn/sw
http://sta.mn/sw
http://sta.mn/sw
http://sta.mn/twz
http://sta.mn/d3r
http://sta.mn/cwmj
http://sta.mn/4w
Data is the public good
This Tracthttp://thistract.com
http://sta.mn/qd
http://sta.mn/y8v
http://sta.mn/h3
http://sta.mn/zzz
http://sta.mn/kjb
http://sta.mn/kt9
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Tracts
• Small
• Homogenous
• Permanent (sort of)
• About 4,000 people
• Always nest within counties
• Boundaries on visible features
• Stable identifiers: FIPS codes
http://sta.mn/9yy
http://sta.mn/9yy
http://sta.mn/9yy
http://sta.mn/9yy
ToolsOur choice of tools is biased toward simple hosting and flat-file storage.
census-toolsGetting the original data: “…help make it
easy to extract data from the online zip file of the 2000 U.S. Census without having
to download them first.”http://sta.mn/xx
ProtovisCharts in the browser: “…a graphical
toolkit, designed for visualization”http://sta.mn/qgq
FCC Block APINo database: “… returns the US Census Bureau Census Block number (a.k.a. the 15 character FIPS Code) given a passed
Latitude and Longitude.”http://sta.mn/rww
http://sta.mn/5x
http://sta.mn/wkk
http://sta.mn/pgn
http://sta.mn/bv
http://sta.mn/rb
Here vs. ThereNow vs. Then
Small-Here vs. Big-Here