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Open Spaces Boston Nia Naval ARTG 2260 Fall 2017 Open Spaces Boston An interactive map and guide of the various open spacesparks, fjelds, reservations, gardens, plazas, and even cemeteriesin Boston, MA. The website features

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Open Spaces Boston

Nia Naval — ARTG 2260 — Fall 2017

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Open Spaces Boston

An interactive map and guide of the various open spaces—parks, fjelds, reservations, gardens, plazas, and even cemeteries—in Boston, MA. The website features fjlters for the different types of spaces a Bostonian may be looking for, as well as details

n any space that is clicked.

Visit Open Spaces Boston here!

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Inspiration

Interest in managing and

displaying large amount of data

Inspiration from mta.me, a

display of subway data in New York City

Wondered what kinds of data

there might be on Boston

Discovered the data set for open

spaces of conservation and recreation interest, which also included geoJSON data

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Motivation

Awareness of all these parks,

fjelds, reservations, etc., that may otherwise go unnoticed by Bostonians

Inspiring Bostonians to utilize these

wonderful open spaces, and have new experiences

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Process

Brainstorm desired features
Create wireframes
Learn Google Maps Javascript

API

Code!

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Novelty

Data set

— geoJSON polygons — features

Filtering

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Challenges

Learning Google Maps API,

and applying that to the skills I had at the time

JSON
Data Visualization in general

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Next Steps

Landing page with

instructions

Location tracking
View list of filtered

results

Directions

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Thank You

Nia Naval — ARTG 2260 — Fall 2017