Technical Module Workout

Technical Requirement

What are the tools and techniques, how my work intersects with them?

Tools:

  • QGIS
  • CartoDB
  • TileMill
  • Leaflet
  • Javascript
  • Python
  • HTML & CSS
  • GDAL
  • Django
  • Node JS

Concepts:

  • understanding geospatial relationships (GIS)
  • understanding principles of cartographic design
  • understanding geospatial data and formats

What are the most challenging and important ones?

  • working with / analyzing geospatial data & understanding geospatial concepts
  • rendering interactive maps using cartographic design principles

What are the common technical issues with my group members?

  • to do

Intervention Points

Where might a prototype be useful in this context?

  • A web app that let’s the user download CSV data of NYC lot transaction records by selecting their geographic location from a web-map interface.

Work the Core

Plan a prototype. How will you document it’s development?

  • already started by creating the python script.
  • next step is to refactor code and build an app using Django and Leaflet.
  • document code at various stages and UI development.