meredithmmyers
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Comment · 11 years ago
Probably. Coming from central PA during that era (and still, actually), a lot of these guys would've been of German and Irish descent.
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. Just a note that the project (including visualizations) is open source: https://github.com/meredithmmyers/model-company
Comment · 12 years ago
I hadn't for this project - to be honest I didn't have a clear plan for this project, it was just something I threw together in a few hours for fun because I thought the dataset was amusing :) A chloropleth is a great idea though. If I find the time to improve this, I'll definitely keep that in mind!
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks! I am hoping to add a heat map. And yes the data is from Socrata's Open Data Platform API (https://nycopendata.socrata.com/Social-Services/Rat-Sighting...)
Comment · 12 years ago
Hey, thanks for commenting. I am hoping to add a heat map - I had tried using https://github.com/pa7/heatmap.js and the code is still actually in the application source. Sadly that heat map couldn't handle the massive amounts of rat data NYC has to offer :) I'll check out Leaflet-DVF, thanks for the tip!
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks for the feedback! It's just a simple little app I made for fun and there's plenty of room for improvement. It is open source so anyone is more than welcome to pitch in.