After reviewing the result and feedback from the Parks related dataset survey, the City is publishing the highest ranked parks related dataset - Parks Listing to the Open Data web site. The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation maintains over 220 parks and 40 major facilities throughout the City of Vancouver. This dataset provides information of the parks and facilities that are available in them. For more information, visit the Parks listing page on Open Data catalogue (http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/parkListing.htm) Please feel free to provide us with feedback on this or any other aspect of the Open Data website on our feedback page (http://data.dev.vancouver.ca/feedback/). As always, your use of the data available from this site is governed by the City's Terms of Use (http://data.dev.vancouver.ca/termsOfUse.htm) and by downloading the data, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use.
I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgets http://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data,
adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different
Facility Types & Washroom Hours.
I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to
dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for
visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm > I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks > Finder: > http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
> This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
> On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
>> It's a very early BETA.
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This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit
from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based
frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since James
McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense PivotViewer,
The goal is to have a framework that can load/parse/visualize/filter
datasets on the fly.
On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were
> so many ultimate fields!
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks
> > Finder:
> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data,
> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different
> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours.
> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to
> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for
> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm > >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
> >> It's a very early BETA.
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Thanks Luke. Coming from you, this means a lot!
> This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit > from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based > frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since James > McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense PivotViewer, > The goal is to have a framework that can load/parse/visualize/filter > datasets on the fly.
> On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Nik this is really awesome!
>> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were >> so many ultimate fields!
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks >> > Finder: >> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
>> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, >> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different >> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. >> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to >> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for >> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
>> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm >> >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
>> >> It's a very early BETA.
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It would be awesome if we had a boundary file for the parks; that way, we could communicate size with the actual shape of the park rather than bubbles. I'm not sure why the Stanley Park bubble is so small - maybe a bug in Exhibit? It's curious that golf courses are counted as parks, but none of UBC campus is.
Exhibit is pretty good at what it does, but it still requires significant customization to make the app match the data. For example, having an icon for each facility would improve usability (maybe laid out across the top of the map?). Facets like "Washrooms?" should be checkboxes. If you can get the boundaries for neighborhoods, I would add them as a layer to the map (or even create my own tiles using them).
I would also collapse or remove the facets for special features and washroom hours. Washroom hours are mostly dawn to dusk. Except for seawall, special features are unique, and it is not typically useful to facet down to one result. Instead I would mention the general rule for washroom hours in a blurb at the top, and mention the most interesting special features there, too, with links that popup the appropriate park. This liberates more room for other facets.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now how do we get the parks board to embed something like this on > their website? :)
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> Thanks Luke. Coming from you, this means a lot!
>> This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit >> from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based >> frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since James >> McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense PivotViewer, >> The goal is to have a framework that can load/parse/visualize/filter >> datasets on the fly.
>> On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Nik this is really awesome!
>>> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were >>> so many ultimate fields!
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks >>> > Finder: >>> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
>>> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, >>> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different >>> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. >>> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to >>> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for >>> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
>>> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm >>> >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
>>> >> It's a very early BETA.
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-----Original Message----- From: vancouver-data@googlegroups.com [mailto:vancouver-data@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James McKinney Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 9:37 PM To: vancouver-data@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Vancouver-Data] Re: Parks Listing Data Added to City of Vancouver's Open Data Site
It would be awesome if we had a boundary file for the parks; that way, we could communicate size with the actual shape of the park rather than bubbles. I'm not sure why the Stanley Park bubble is so small - maybe a bug in Exhibit? It's curious that golf courses are counted as parks, but none of UBC campus is.
Exhibit is pretty good at what it does, but it still requires significant customization to make the app match the data. For example, having an icon for each facility would improve usability (maybe laid out across the top of the map?). Facets like "Washrooms?" should be checkboxes. If you can get the boundaries for neighborhoods, I would add them as a layer to the map (or even create my own tiles using them).
I would also collapse or remove the facets for special features and washroom hours. Washroom hours are mostly dawn to dusk. Except for seawall, special features are unique, and it is not typically useful to facet down to one result. Instead I would mention the general rule for washroom hours in a blurb at the top, and mention the most interesting special features there, too, with links that popup the appropriate park. This liberates more room for other facets.
Nice work!
Cheers,
James
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now how do we get the parks board to embed something like this on > their website? :)
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> Thanks Luke. Coming from you, this means a lot!
>> This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit >> from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based >> frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since >> James McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense >> PivotViewer, The goal is to have a framework that can >> load/parse/visualize/filter datasets on the fly.
>> On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Nik this is really awesome!
>>> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were >>> so many ultimate fields!
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks >>> > Finder: >>> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
>>> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, >>> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different >>> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. >>> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to >>> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful >>> > for visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city >>> > ;-)
>>> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile >>> >> Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm >>> >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
>>> >> It's a very early BETA.
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On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks > Finder: > http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
> This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
> On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit > widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm > > I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my > Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
> > It's a very early BETA.
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> We (the City) have no information for UBC as it is not part of the City.
Cool! The polygon shapefile even has the boundaries for unnamed green spaces. It would be nice if the shapefile's attribute list contained the same data as the CSV or Excel files. That way, we would not have to join two datasets.
Great suggestions! I am shying away from doing too much customization,
just
because I'd like to arrive at a few "frameworks" that could be used to
rapidly visualize/navigate datasets as they become available -- you're
right
that at a certain point Simile Exhibit/Timeline/etc. start to get a
bit more
complex that I'd like them to be.
Couple of quick points: Stanley park is so large 400 hectares that it
falls
outside the range of "sizes" that I set for the map, and it defaults
to a
small bubble. I played around and found that in a map where relative
sizes
are represented by bubbles, having 1 very large data point makes all
other
bubbles look almost identical, where a .5 and 5 hectare parks look
exactly
the same....
Good point on the binary facets as checkboxes, it actually would be a
good
addition to Exhibit, let me check it out. I was particularly
interested in
washroom hours because there are quite a few that are not Dawn/Dusk
(and
those are summer hours)... but good point nevertheless. Perhaps a way
to
"hide" some facets, or a way to expand for "more..." facets.
Having shape data certainly makes it interesting. However, not sure
about
client-side processing of higher quality boundaries at runtime.
Perhaps a
server-side solution that would render tiles and serve them up would
be
better... will look into it.
Nik
On Jun 3, 12:36 am, James McKinney <oxford.tux...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be awesome if we had a boundary file for the parks; that way,
> we could communicate size with the actual shape of the park rather
> than bubbles. I'm not sure why the Stanley Park bubble is so small -
> maybe a bug in Exhibit? It's curious that golf courses are counted as
> parks, but none of UBC campus is.
> Exhibit is pretty good at what it does, but it still requires
> significant customization to make the app match the data. For example,
> having an icon for each facility would improve usability (maybe laid
> out across the top of the map?). Facets like "Washrooms?" should be
> checkboxes. If you can get the boundaries for neighborhoods, I would
> add them as a layer to the map (or even create my own tiles using
> them).
> I would also collapse or remove the facets for special features and
> washroom hours. Washroom hours are mostly dawn to dusk. Except for
> seawall, special features are unique, and it is not typically useful
> to facet down to one result. Instead I would mention the general rule
> for washroom hours in a blurb at the top, and mention the most
> interesting special features there, too, with links that popup the
> appropriate park. This liberates more room for other facets.
> Nice work!
> Cheers,
> James
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Now how do we get the parks board to embed something like this on
> > their website? :)
> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks Luke. Coming from you, this means a lot!
> >> This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit
> >> from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based
> >> frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since James
> >> McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense PivotViewer,
> >> The goal is to have a framework that can load/parse/visualize/filter
> >> datasets on the fly.
> >> On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Nik this is really awesome!
> >>> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were
> >>> so many ultimate fields!
> >>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks
> >>> > Finder:
> >>> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
> >>> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data,
> >>> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different
> >>> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours.
> >>> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to
> >>> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for
> >>> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
> >>> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm > >>> >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
> >>> >> It's a very early BETA.
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> Nice work. Very cool. I am going to show this to my local gov folks.
> Great example of what can be done.
> H
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks
> > Finder:
> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data,
> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different
> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours.
> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to
> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for
> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> > > I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit
> > widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm > > > I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my
> > Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
> > > It's a very early BETA.
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You can load a very complex shapefile into Google Fusion Tables and it will still render the layer very quickly. I assume it is simplifying the polygons for each zoom-level. You can also simplify the polygons yourself using QGIS for example and then restrict the zoom level so that no one gets so close as to see any ugly simplifications. For parks, you probably don't want to zoom all the way in or out (I often accidentally use the scroll wheel while over a map when I intend to scroll the page, and it's quite annoying to accidentally scroll out to the entire world, when the map only deals with a city. Same for zooming in to sub-block level. Better to restrict the zoom range.)
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Nik Garkusha @OpenHalton
<openhal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great suggestions! I am shying away from doing too much customization, > just > because I'd like to arrive at a few "frameworks" that could be used to > rapidly visualize/navigate datasets as they become available -- you're > right > that at a certain point Simile Exhibit/Timeline/etc. start to get a > bit more > complex that I'd like them to be.
> Couple of quick points: Stanley park is so large 400 hectares that it > falls > outside the range of "sizes" that I set for the map, and it defaults > to a > small bubble. I played around and found that in a map where relative > sizes > are represented by bubbles, having 1 very large data point makes all > other > bubbles look almost identical, where a .5 and 5 hectare parks look > exactly > the same....
> Good point on the binary facets as checkboxes, it actually would be a > good > addition to Exhibit, let me check it out. I was particularly > interested in > washroom hours because there are quite a few that are not Dawn/Dusk > (and > those are summer hours)... but good point nevertheless. Perhaps a way > to > "hide" some facets, or a way to expand for "more..." facets.
> Having shape data certainly makes it interesting. However, not sure > about > client-side processing of higher quality boundaries at runtime. > Perhaps a > server-side solution that would render tiles and serve them up would > be > better... will look into it.
> Nik
> On Jun 3, 12:36 am, James McKinney <oxford.tux...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It would be awesome if we had a boundary file for the parks; that way, >> we could communicate size with the actual shape of the park rather >> than bubbles. I'm not sure why the Stanley Park bubble is so small - >> maybe a bug in Exhibit? It's curious that golf courses are counted as >> parks, but none of UBC campus is.
>> Exhibit is pretty good at what it does, but it still requires >> significant customization to make the app match the data. For example, >> having an icon for each facility would improve usability (maybe laid >> out across the top of the map?). Facets like "Washrooms?" should be >> checkboxes. If you can get the boundaries for neighborhoods, I would >> add them as a layer to the map (or even create my own tiles using >> them).
>> I would also collapse or remove the facets for special features and >> washroom hours. Washroom hours are mostly dawn to dusk. Except for >> seawall, special features are unique, and it is not typically useful >> to facet down to one result. Instead I would mention the general rule >> for washroom hours in a blurb at the top, and mention the most >> interesting special features there, too, with links that popup the >> appropriate park. This liberates more room for other facets.
>> Nice work!
>> Cheers,
>> James
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Now how do we get the parks board to embed something like this on >> > their website? :)
>> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Luke. Coming from you, this means a lot!
>> >> This should be pretty re-usable for other datasets that can benefit >> >> from faceting/filtering. I've been exploring lightweight JS-based >> >> frameworks for faceting + visualizing & pivoting data ever since James >> >> McKinney's feedback on my Vancouver Council Expense PivotViewer, >> >> The goal is to have a framework that can load/parse/visualize/filter >> >> datasets on the fly.
>> >> On Jun 2, 11:11 pm, Luke Closs <lukecl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Nik this is really awesome!
>> >>> Nice design, and it seems very explorable. I didn't know there were >> >>> so many ultimate fields!
>> >>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nik G <nik.garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> > Using the city's Park Data I pulled together a Vancouver Parks >> >>> > Finder: >> >>> >http://openhalton.ca/vanpark/
>> >>> > This is the updated version of my earlier "hack" of the Park data, >> >>> > adding Facility & Washroom information + filtering by different >> >>> > Facility Types & Washroom Hours. >> >>> > I adapted the SIMILE Exhibit framework (OSS MIT license) to >> >>> > dynamically load JSON of the data at runtime; which can be useful for >> >>> > visualizing/browsing/filtering future datasets from the city ;-)
>> >>> > On May 27, 12:08 am, Nik Garkusha <Nik.Garku...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> >> I did a quick hack of the data using a great new set of Simile Exhibit widgetshttp://openhalton.ca/vancouverparks.htm >> >>> >> I've been experimenting with Exhibit after some great feedback from my Vancouver Council Expense experiment.
>> >>> >> It's a very early BETA.
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