Building Static Vector Tile Trees from GeoJson
On my team at the NYC Department of City Planning, we have been working with vector tiles and mapboxGL to create fast …
Building Urban Scratchoff
Last week, I shipped a just about finished version of Urban Scratchoff, a simple map app that lets you explore two different …
Adventures in FOIL: New York Condominium Offering Plans
[Cover photo by Flickr user wallyg] After a summer of searching for a condominium unit to buy in NYC, I’ve come across …
This Ugly Map Got a Lot of Attention Today
Be careful what you release into the wilds of the internet! A few days ago, mostly out of curiosity, I created the …
A Chrome Extension to Inject NYC Subway Data into streeteasy.com
I love streeteasy.com. The site has everything for the NYC apartment-seeker: High quality listings, uber-granular searching, discussion forums, and lots of great …
In Search of Hess’ Triangle – Part 2
In Part 1 of In Search of Hess’ Triangle, I presented some historical maps of the area and did some analysis using …
Finding Your Inner Civic Hacker
He or she is in there… I promise! The technology landscape has evolved into a perfect storm open source tools and code, …