{"id":100,"date":"2016-11-08T17:38:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T00:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2017-07-30T18:39:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:39:24","slug":"interactive-web-mapping-with-carto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/geospatial-visualization-cartography\/interactive-web-mapping-with-carto\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Vancouver 311 Call w\/ Carto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carto is a cloud computing platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the data acquired\u00a0from Vancouver Open Data Catalog, the process of parse, filter and mine are accomplished using R which shadow the procedures documented in this case: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/vancouver-crimes-webmap-r-leaflet\/\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/vancouver-crimes-webmap-r-leaflet\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the geocoded and classified dataset was uploaded to Carto for representation. The illustration options are plenty! The Torque layer wizard breaks down the overall monthly data into data occurrences\u00a0and flashes each cases right in front of your eyes as they occurs.\u00a0It&#8217;s a novel way of illustrating the &#8220;happening&#8221; of events.<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the animated version:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/3c6d6a2a-a60b-11e6-8ccf-0e98b61680bf\/embed_map\" width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>p.s. the color of the legend may not be appearing in IE browser.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>for a full view, please follow link: <a href=\"https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/3c6d6a2a-a60b-11e6-8ccf-0e98b61680bf\/public_map\">https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/3c6d6a2a-a60b-11e6-8ccf-0e98b61680bf\/public_map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If wanting to get a sense of which neighbouhood \/ area of Vancouver where a lot of the calls were made, a cluster map may be more instrumental in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Cluster\u00a0map layer type renders a cluster of points in close proximity of a given area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/70302110-a613-11e6-9961-0e05a8b3e3d7\/embed_map\" width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(might need to zoom in to get a better view, alternatively: <a href=\"https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/70302110-a613-11e6-9961-0e05a8b3e3d7\/public_map\">https:\/\/pattieshang.carto.com\/viz\/70302110-a613-11e6-9961-0e05a8b3e3d7\/public_map<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It can be seen that bigger cluster of calls are made in Kitslano, downtown and Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Upon reflection, proper parsing, filtering, and mining of the data are essential to convey meaningful messages in the representation stages. Specifically for geospatial data, records should be geocoded, offset\u00a0to avoid overlapping, properly categorized, and standardized in order to be illustrated effectively. If the data is handled well, exploring mapping options using an established Java Script Library can be a lot of fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carto is a cloud computing platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser. Based on the data acquired\u00a0from Vancouver Open Data Catalog, the process of parse, filter and mine are accomplished using R which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/geospatial-visualization-cartography\/interactive-web-mapping-with-carto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38753,"featured_media":0,"parent":159,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/435"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/pattieshang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}