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Design

Top 5 Data Visualization Practices: A Case for Effectively Communicating Information About US Wildfire Risk

By Zoë Cohen on October 16th, 2020

Data visualization is key to making data useful. We look at the example of the USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk dashboard to highlight best practices for nonprofit and government leaders when designing compelling data visualizations.
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Spatial Analysis

How Can OpenStreetMap be Used to Track UN Sustainable Development Goals?

By Eugene Chong on September 11th, 2020

We learned that OpenStreetMap is a great source of data for tracking SDG indicator 11.7.1. OSM provides data on public open or green spaces in cities that is similar in quality to more “official” sources like municipal Open Data portals, and collecting the data from OSM requires relatively little effort.
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Spatial Analysis

Using GIS to Examine the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

By Evelyn Gorey on September 8th, 2020

Along with Defenders of Wildlife, we conducted an environmental impact analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. We considered the spatial relationships between the existing and proposed border wall, regional at-risk wildlife, and the diverse habitats at the border in order to prioritize conservation efforts.
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Spatial Analysis

Using GIS to Guide Philadelphia’s First Neighborhood-Level Forestry Plan

By Evelyn Gorey on September 3rd, 2020

The adoption of Philadelphia’s Urban Forest Strategic Plan and Hunting Park’s Forestry Plan presents a unique opportunity to address the need for equitable tree planting and the reduction of heat vulnerability, as these two plans are the city’s first cohesive attempts to prioritize and manage its urban forest.
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Spatial Analysis

Which Congressional Districts are Over and Under Populated

By Daniel McGlone, Jeff Frankl and Luke McKinstry on July 29th, 2020

We calculated which congressional districts have become over or underpopulated since they were last drawn.
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Spatial Analysis

How We Built a National Hospital Dataset for Coronavirus Relief

By Simon Kassel on June 9th, 2020

We pulled data from disparate hospital data sources to create a comprehensive national dataset of the hospital system for the COVID-19 response, using geocoding, proximity matching, and fuzzy string matching.
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