The Rhode Island Community Profiles
A Replicable Platform for Community Data
Jim Lucht, The Providence Plan
How the InfoTools Work Together
DataHUB Community ProfilesUses d3
Property Mappers
RIDEHEALTHHigher EdDCYFFamily CourtBHDDHDOCCommunity ProvidersDHSOthers…
Curated CensusSelected State AdminSelected City AdminFederal Admin soon (HMDA, Sec 8)
Property Characteristics (tax roll)Sales/DeedsNuisance PropertiesLead Compliance, exposureBasic map context (income, diversity)
Some redundancy is ok
InfoWorks!School-Specific:DemographicsAchievementSpending Survey
Uses WEAVE
Data Access & Visualization: Statewide Community Profiles Site
• Curated Census + State Admin Data
• Spans multiple data domains (NNIP cross-site based)
• Uniform geographies (Tract, Muni, State)
• Easy way for GIS users to preview
• Export as CSV
• Recalculates MoE, provides warnings
Technical Details
• All Open Source/Open API
• Postgres Database with PostGIS
• Leaflet for interactive mapping
• Django Web Framework (Python)
• D3 Visualization package
Intuitive Interface
Overview Demographics Economy HealthHousing Education
Data Domains
State
Municipality
Tract/NeighborhoodGeo
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Ability to seamlessly navigate domains and geographies
No backing up or out!
And robust search that leads to indicator-centric pages
More…
Community Profiles Navigation
Indicator View
Interactive Data Displays
Future Features
• Address Locator- zoom and select
• My Shelf- glorified bookmarks & user account
• Make a Neighborhood- aggregate tracts, name & save, MoE recalculates
• Intermediate Geographies- Neighborhoods, legislative districts
Demo