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jennyodell.com/peripheral-landscapes — @the_jennitaur cc: @ElectricObjects
…but you cannot find maps by address
“Joe’s Pizza on Carmine”latitude: 40.730592longitude: -74.002150
year
street namesyear
use typestreet namesyear
use typestreet namesnameyear
materialuse typestreet namesnameyear
materialuse typestreet namesnameclassyear
materialuse typestreet namesaddressnameclassyear
materialuse typestreet namesaddressfloorsnameclassyear
materialuse typestreet namesaddressfloorsnameclassyearskylights
materialuse typestreet namesaddressfloorsnameclassyearskylightsbackyards
materialuse typestreet namesaddressfloorsnameclassgeo locationyearskylightsbackyards
footprintmaterialuse typestreet namesaddressfloorsnameclassgeo locationyearskylightsbackyards
data extracted by hand
github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
verify the output
–@mikeindustries“a prototype is worth a thousand meetings”
user on boarding
juicybeast.com/2014/10/designing-a-playable-ui-that-secretly-teaches-how-to-play/
❌but it doesn’t work on mobile
time and resource constraints
are people willing to contribute?
one month later…
check
checkYES
checkYESaddress color
checkYES FIXaddress color
checkYES FIXaddress color fix
checkYES FIXaddress color fix*footprints marked as “NO” go to building heaven
but first, a revamp
fix address classify
place names
1.9 million contributions
Manhattan, Midtown East Side,1890Manhattan, Midtown West Side, 1890Manhattan, Downtown, 1894Manhattan, East Village, 1903Brooklyn, East New York, 1887Queens, Astoria, 1915
pro: easy to add new layers
pro: easy to add new tasks
con: geo-rectification still required
con: three or more people per task
1852-18541855-1862
mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
mgiraldo.github.io/centerlines
connect everything
…it started as a small prototype
…it started as a small prototype*that succeeded beyond any expectations