Avoiding Data Pitfalls: How to Steer Clear of Common Blunders When Working with Data and Presenting Analysis and Visualizations, by Ben Jones (Founder and CEO of Data Literacy) is one of those rare books that you want to read, reread, put on your shelf, and then reread again once each year. Jones, a self-deprecating Canadian,[…]
Reliable Maps for Coronavirus A trusted compilation of Coronovirus dashboards (Esri) (A collection of trusted maps) Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center (An interactive dashboard. This is the most popular Coronavirus map.) Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Spread of the Outbreak (Static maps that are updated regularly) Articles Related to Coronavirus Mapping Mapping Coronavirus,[…]
Master Address Points This past October, the City of Charlottesville released the Master Address Points dataset. This may be the most significant dataset released to the public since the start of the Charlottesville Open Data Portal and will be an invaluable resource to any users of city data. The importance of address information cannot be[…]
One Name, Two Parts Charlottesville … the name conjures up images of a beautiful, historical community at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains with iconic features such as Monticello and the Rotunda. Like most place names, people associate the name with visual images of the place, such as the Eiffel Tower for Paris or[…]
Introduction Some of first things that come to mind when we think of open data are tables, charts, and maps, where digital facts and figures are transformed to graphics for printing on paper or visualization on digital screens. This may be true in practice, but it is a limited vision for our data. Our numbers,[…]
The Charlottesville Fire Department (CFD) is using community volunteers to expand its capabilities and integrate data-driven processes into the core of its operations. Volunteers contribute both time and an expanded range of technical skills allowing CFD to focus on its core mission while also investigating new capabilities, forming unique data collaboratives. The era of regular[…]
On October 12, 2018, the New York Times published an article on a remarkable achievement from Microsoft, “A Map of Every Building In America.” The map provides insight on the structure and form of our impact on the environment, as well as the influence of history, geology, and culture on the manmade landscape. In addition[…]
As the Charlottesville Open Data Portal nears its first anniversary, we wanted to take stock of what data is currently on the portal. This analysis reviews the Dataset Listing data set. This dataset provides information on the datasets which are available in the portal. A PDF version of this report is also available. This information[…]