Presented at State of the Map US 2012: "How Code for America Makes Maps". Live demos were GeoData Checkout and NeighborDiff, both available on Github: https://github.com/codeforamerica/geodata-checkout and https://github.com/codeforamerica/NeighborDiff Neo4j network map code at https://github.com/codeforamerica/DemoDexter

1. How Code for America
Makes Maps
Nick Doiron
2012 Fellow (Macon)
Code for America
@mapmeld

2. What is Code for America?
Non-profit partnering fellows with cities
Open source apps and open data projects

3. Cities (2011, 2012, and 2013)

5. But this is 2012!
Year of #switch2osm

6. Cities can
be old-
fashioned

9. Collect All Data

10. OSM &
Stamen
Prepared.ly

11. 2012 Maps: TileMill

12. Neo4j+OSM: Supermarkets

13. HomeStatus Macon: Skobbler + Data

14. From Warehouse to Platform

15. From Warehouse to Platform

16. Macon Maps Event!

17. Data
Checkout
bit.ly/timemaker

18. MaconMaps: Habitat
“It's a wiki map!”
“Click & Drag”
vs
Leaflet Pan Control

19. MaconMaps:
Habitat

20. bit.ly/OpenNowMap

21. For your city
Tweet: “@PortlandOMF I want Portland to
Code for America! OpenImpact.us”
Enlist: brigade.codeforamerica.org
Code: github.com/codeforamerica

22. Thanks!
Nick Doiron
2012 Fellow (Macon)
Code for America
@mapmeld