slides from my GeoCouch talk at CouchCamp. http://github.com/maxogden/

1. @maxogden
github.com/maxogden
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

2. GIS data is CRAZY
... but it doesn’t have to be
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

3. [45.51330163230602, -122.67764210700989]
[[45.51163230602, -122.6776421089],
[45.9278304230, -123.294838382210]]
[[45.51163230602, -122.6776421089],
[45.9278304230, -123.294838382210],
[44.23433255357, -123.091836840i]]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

4. Crazy German R-Trees
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

5. {
"_id": "awesome_point",
"geometry": {
"coordinates": [5,5],
"type": "Point"
}
}
"bbox": [2,2,7,7]
/entries/_design/entries/_spatial/points?
bbox= 2,2,7,7
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

6. {
"_id": "awesome_time_range",
"begin": "2010-08-05T09:11:52.156Z",
"end": "2010-08-05T09:23:13.457Z"
}
"bbox": [0,start,0,end]
/entries/_design/entries/_spatial/range?
bbox=0,1280998800,0,1281000600
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

7. A la carte access
Rich metadata
Centralization
API Versioning
Data sharing
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

8. Point in polygon
+
Line intersection
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

9. Urban Edibles
urbanedibles.org
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

10. TapLister
taplister.com
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

11. CartsPDX
crowd sourced food cart data!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

12. Google
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

13. Open Street Map
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

14. “Gov 2.0”
Government’s responsibility
is to facilitate applications,
not build them
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

15. PDX API
pdxapi.com
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

16. Libraries
Bicycle Parking
MAX Routes and Stops
Bridges
Neighborhood Names and
Bus Lines
Boundaries
Bus Stops
Parking Meters
City Boundaries
Park & Rides
City Halls
Park Boundaries and Trails
City Council Agenda
Vegetation
County Boundaries
Recently Paved Roads
Curb Ramps
Pedestrian Districts
Street Sweeping Routes
Schools
Development Opportunity Areas
Snow Plow Routes
Fire Stations
Storefront Improvement Areas
Garbage Company Boundaries
Road Construction Zones
Heritage Trees
Traffic Signals
Homebuyer Opportunity Areas
Speed Bumps
Hospitals
Transit Districts
Inspected Restaurants
Transit Stations
Leaf Pickup Spots
Watershed
Zip Code Boundaries
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

17. {
"scientific": "Ulmus americana",
"address": "1111 SW 10th AVE",
"circumference": "12.100000000000000",
"notes": "Burrell elm, west side between SW
Main St and SW Jefferson St",
"common_name": "American elm",
"height": "78",
"year": "1973",
"geometry": {
"coordinates": [
-122.684013823072,
45.5167292312033
],
"type": "Point"
},
"owner": "YWCA"
}
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

18. Geographic Event Notifications
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

19. CivicCommons
+
Code for America
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

20. PDX API
SEA API
??? API
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

21. shp2geocouch
geobrowser
geofetch
geocouchmobile
Wednesday, September 15, 2010