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/y8v

← Chinatown

Park Slope →

← Chinatown

http://sta.mn/2mt

http://sta.mn/h3

http://sta.mn/zzz

http://sta.mn/kjb

http://sta.mn/kt9

http://sta.mn/kt9

http://sta.mn/kt9

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

You Are Here →

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

Thank You.Michal Migurski

mike@stamen.com

http://sta.mn/jty