In one of the more interesting races last night, Robert Tracci defeated incumbent Denise Lunsford for the Commonweath’s Attorney position in Albemarle County. Below is a more detailed visualization at that race on how Tracci was able to win. This work was made possible because of open data provided by the Virginia Department of Elections[…]
The US Census Bureau has published some interesting visualizations of where Charlottesville works (geographically) as of 2013. The source for the data and images is the U.S.Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies. The tool can be found here. Using the Charlottesville Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA), we can see where Charlottesville works. The image below gives[…]
Taking data from 07/2009-01/2017, the following is an animated visualization of vacancies along the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, VA. This is simply an extension of the data provided biannually by the Charlottesville City Office of Economic Development. Colors on this map represent how many consecutive times an address has been included in the student. Green[…]
It is with great pleasure that Smart Cville is publishing its Charlottesville Budget Visualization project. We believe that this project takes valuable, yet complicated, data and makes it easier to comprehend. There is nothing easy about the budget process and our city does a great job to make the budget process work. Our visualization utilizes[…]
At long last, Charlottesville Area Transit will be getting an upgrade to its farebox system. The system, pictured right, is a dramatic upgrade to the current system. Kudos to the city for making this investment and to CAT for pushing for it. . This new technology, however, also brings up the idea of making data[…]
Below are interesting relative support visualizations for each of the candidates in the 2015 Democratic Primary for Charlottesville City Council. This work was made possible because of open data provided by the Virginia Department of Elections and the City of Charlottesville Neighborhood Development Services, in particular GIS Analyst Ruth Emerick. If you see any errors, please[…]
Here are the current results for the 2015 Democratic Primary for Charlottesville City Council. Running this as a test of the Virginia Board of Elections open data project.
Since the start of market season, Charlottesville has been a piloting an ad hoc composting program. The program collects compostable material from anyone attending the Farmers Market downtown. Anyone participating gets this service for free as well as the bags necessary to collect the compost. With help from the Department of Public Works, we’re pasting[…]