With the recent announcement of Baltimore's open-data initiative, "OpenBaltimore", there's been lots of buzz about what people can do with some of this city data. Enter Paul Smith, an expert on data and mapping. Paul will be talking about EveryBlock and how his company uses city data in their neighborhood maps, as well as showing off some cool map visualizations. He'll also be providing some insight on how folks might be able to jump in and create their own maps based on their own location data. Our speaker Paul Smith is co-founder and software engineer for EveryBlock, a "what's going on in my neighborhood" website. He has been developing sites and software for the web since 1994. Originally from Maryland, he recently moved to Baltimore after more than a decade in Chicago, where we co-founded Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail and produced the Election Day Advent Calenda Video here » http://vimeo.com/20205955

1. Mapping with Location
Data
Paul Smith
Refresh Baltimore
February 17, 2011

2. I’m the
one on
the right
• Born & raised in
Maryland
• Spent ‘00s in
Chicago, co-founded
EveryBlock
• Living in Baltimore

20. Speed (km/hr)
min max avg
0 82.98 13.9

22. Animated map
:-(

25. Not in Baltimore ...

26. Not in Baltimore ...
... yet

32. clustering

33. clustering

34. data.baltimorecity.gov

35. Points of Interest
Hospitals
Fire stations
Public pools
Museums
Libraries
Senior centers
City markets
Recreation centers
Farmer's markets
Designated landmarks
Police stations
Baltimore city public schools

36. Lines
Street centerlines
10-foot contour interval
Edge of pavement
2-foot contour interval
Railroads

37. Areas
Floodplain
Neighborhoods
Parcels
Baltimore city line
Vegetated area
Land use
Building footprints
Water
Zoning
Major drainage
Housing typology
City council districts

56. BOOM

58. YourReps.org
http://yourreps.org/

59. YourReps.org
• Django app (GeoDjango)
• PostgreSQL DB +
PostGIS
• Congress
• State Senate
• House of Delegates
• Baltimore City Council

62. https://github.com/paulsmith/yourreps

63. Thank you.
• http://pauladamsmith.com/
• @paulsmith
• paulsmith@pobox.com