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Mauricio Giraldo
June 26, 2017
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June 26, 2017
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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: 40.730592 longitude: -74.002150
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street names year
use type street names year
use type street names name year
material use type street names name year
material use type street names name class year
material use type street names address name class year
material use type street names address floors name class year
material use type street names address floors name class year
skylights
material use type street names address floors name class year
skylights backyards
material use type street names address floors name class geo
location year skylights backyards
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
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data extracted by hand
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github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
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verify the output
–@mikeindustries “a prototype is worth a thousand meetings”
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user on boarding
juicybeast.com/2014/10/designing-a-playable-ui-that-secretly-teaches-how-to-play/
juicybeast.com/2014/10/designing-a-playable-ui-that-secretly-teaches-how-to-play/
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❌ but it doesn’t work on mobile
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time and resource constraints
are people willing to contribute?
one month later…
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footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
footprint material use type street names address floors name class
geo location year skylights backyards
check
check YES
check YES address color
check YES FIX address color
check YES FIX address color fix
check YES FIX address color fix
check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO”
go to building heaven
check YES FIX address color fix *footprints marked as “NO”
go to building heaven
but first, a revamp
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fix address classify
place names
1.9 million contributions
Manhattan, Midtown East Side,1890 Manhattan, Midtown West Side, 1890 Manhattan,
Downtown, 1894 Manhattan, East Village, 1903 Brooklyn, East New York, 1887 Queens, 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
1852-1854 1855-1862
mgiraldo.github.io/toponyms
mgiraldo.github.io/centerlines
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connect everything
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…it started as a small prototype
…it started as a small prototype *that succeeded beyond any
expectations