Data Analytics Archives

Housing & Landlords: Using Open Data to Find Substandard Conditions

By Fay Walker on September 26th, 2019

Using R and QGIS to analyze substandard housing in Philadelphia with open data. We used open data to identify violations, evictions, and illegal rentals.

Map highlight Native American areas that have been geocoded.

Spatial Analysis

Putting Native American Voters on the Map: Using Cadastral Data to Geocode Non-Traditional Addresses

By Fay Walker on September 12th, 2019

We used cadastral land survey data to geocode previously unmappable Native American voters in Montana.

Crop of an interactive map showing census blocks in West Virginia with the life expectancy of one highlighted.

Spatial Analysis

Analyzing Spatial Patterns in Life Expectancy with Python

By Simon Kassel on May 2nd, 2019

All around the country boundaries separate neighborhoods with high and low life expectancy. We used python to find the most extreme examples.

Districts of Philadelphia overlaid on top of a photo of a child swinging with the sky and playground in the background.

Spatial Analysis

Scoring Philadelphia’s City Council Districts for Children’s Health and Well-being

By Daniel McGlone on April 16th, 2019

Scoring Philadelphia City Council districts on assets and risks using a weighted spatial analysis model in R and Python.

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Here’s Where Redistricting Means New Districts This Year

By Daniel McGlone on November 1st, 2018

Redistricting was rampant in 2018. Over 31 million Americans will be voting in new local, state, or congressional districts on Election Day next week.

Spatial Analysis

Using ArcMap, R, and Adobe Illustrator to Create Data Driven Infographics

By Dan Ford on October 16th, 2018

Learn to create a series of data-driven infographics in the context of a project that evaluates bus performance in each Philadelphia City Council District.