NACIS 2017

Lightning talk on NYC Crash Mapper (http://crashmapper.org), a web application that allows users to explore data on vehicle collisions in New York City.

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1. NYC CRASH MAPPER
   CHRIS HENRICK
   NACIS 2017
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5. OPEN DATA
   IS OPEN,
   BUT NOT ALWAYS...
   USABLE
   OF GOOD QUALITY
   EASY TO DOWNLOAD
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6. DOG FOODING
   "Eating your own dog food" makes for better open data
   Many open data portals aren't used by gov...
   Leaving little incentive for data QA & improvement
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7. ~14% OF ALL CRASHES ARE NOT GEOCODED
   THANKS, NYPD
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8. 35% OF ALL CRASHES ARE MISSING
   VALUABLE INFO
   ON STREET NAME
   CROSS STREET NAME
   BOROUGH NAME
   CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
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9. "ONE SIZE FITS ALL"
   Open data platforms don't can't work well
   for every type of data and use case.
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10. NYC CRASH MAPPER
    Goal: Make vehicle collision data more open
    Primary Audience: Transportation safety advocates in NYC
    Intended Use: Persuade elected officials to improve traffic safety
    Funded by: , a non-profit in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
    Grant from:
    1 million+ rows of data, average of 17,500 crashes per month
    Chekpeds
    CARTO
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11. FEATURES
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22. UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS
    & FEATURES
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26. THANK YOU
    @chrislhenrick
    chrishenrick@gmail.com
    http://clhenrick.io
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