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  •   over 11 years ago

Have Data Will Travel, looking to build a team

Alright, everybody loves a good project and Hack4Reno is a great platform to build something to benefit our fellow Reno-ites. Who is interested in building an app (iOS or Android, even Windows if someone is up for it) that utilizes historical data to identify impending danger? Everybody loves danger, right? I would love to work with others to create an app.

My kung-fu may be a little rusty with iOS, but hey, I'm easy--I'm open to any platform that works.

Who is interested?

  • 31 comments

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Bueller?...

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    This could even be interesting as a web map. Really interested to see if you can turn the data you have into good GPS coordinates!

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    yes, I have a plan. Data is my strong point :-)

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    What data do you have? Do we need any GIS skills? I can (reverse) geocode anything you need.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Roughly 27,000 addresses/locations

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I can geocode those pretty quick if you need. Is it ok to do that before the event? Like tomorrow?

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I don't know, its the same data. I tested a few, some of the intersections did not convert to GPS coordinates. We should at least test how well the convert. I can email you the file to take a look at, develop a strategy.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I like the sound of this project. I’d like to help build a web map with JavaScript, if you’re open to that.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I am very open to that, it's a good idea. We can also use buzztouch to quickly build source code for iOS and Android that points to a url, or embed in html5--there are plenty of options on how to connect.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    email me at bradhellyar@gmail.com
    I am also willing to pull the iOS app together.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Sending now.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Una, this is looking interesting: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/layer-heatmap

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Awesome, I was just about to ask you what APIs you were looking at!

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    theHellay, that is a great idea!

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I think the bicycling map layer could be useful as well:
    https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/layer-bicycling

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Do you guys use DropBox?

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Do you have data about car/bike accidents? And yes I use DropBox.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Dropbox invite accepted.

    I make maps digital and print all day with GIS software let me know how else I can help...heatmaps, etc...

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    I will send you an invite to a shared folder, send me an email at ghoward@htrcgroup.com

    The data includes all accidents, no differentiation between car and bike. A high accident zone would be useful to all kinds of travelers. My guess is that there may not be enough data on bike only accidents, I think a good use would be identifying the higher than average locations, proximity, and a novel way of communicating the information.

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Here is an interesting geocoding resource: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoding.html

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Does anyone have a google maps engine paid account?

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Geocoding is done for the RenoAccidentData my tools couldn't find only 10 address, well it found them just not in the US. but the other 27,300 are matched with Coordinates. will upload updated table soon.

    whats the best format for this data....Shape files, Geo.jason, shall we convert all to Lat and long or stick with a local system like UTM NAD 83 Zone 11?

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Great Work! Really good chance the 10 could be considered not worth going after. That said, its a small enough number that we can locate the gps coordinates manually.

    I think Lat and Long are good to start in a csv file with address (address, city, state), lat/long, and date, it may be simplest to work with for one of the javascript APIs.

    I like to use TileMill to build maps, but it will require hosting with a tile server, or its equivalent in an app. MapBox has a simple $5/month hosting that could be used--for that we would need the shp files.

    Mapbox also has an SDK for iOS here: https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-ios-sdk/

    This may be worth looking into if it is possible to cache all tiles (Not sure how this will work in Opensource).

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Looks like it is possible for offline Mapbox caching with iOS SDK, just not readily apparent what subscription is needed for an app.
    https://www.mapbox.com/help/ios-offline/

    They have a free account that includes 3000 map views per month and 100MB storage (not much for detailed).

  •   •   over 11 years ago

    Yes, I like Mapbox!

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