{"id":13861,"date":"2015-04-30T07:07:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=13861"},"modified":"2016-02-05T20:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T01:21:15","slug":"street-tree-census-for-the-borough-of-queens-qnsboro-census-maps-nyc-opendata-dendrology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/street-tree-census-for-the-borough-of-queens-qnsboro-census-maps-nyc-opendata-dendrology\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Tree Census for the borough of Queens | #QNSboro #census #maps #NYC #OpenData #dendrology"},"content":{"rendered":"

In typical NYC fashion the available data is equally concerned with the adjacent building number, but the open data contains valuable info like species, diameter, along with a “condit”ion rating; some obscure data like “FID_1” and “COMMDIST” is also available. See for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"qnstrees-westqueens\"<\/p>\n

Where I live there are definitely some barren “tree deserts” – I guess those would just be called deserts? Or rather, a concrete jungle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And I’m also curious about this lone tree in the heart of JFK airport. I’ll look for the next time I take the AirTrain (which I’ll be doing early next month, en route to Maker Faire<\/a> Bay Area!).<\/p>\n

\"qnstrees\"<\/p>\n

But now for the really juicy bit. Because the data is open, and because it is driven by an accessible database, programmers like Jill Hubley<\/a> have gone ahead and compiled the data into a beautiful color-coded map where you can drill-down to specific species across all the boroughs quickly:<\/p>\n

\"qnstrees-jillhubley\"<\/a>
\n\"jillhubley-treesnyc\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Simply gorgeous.<\/p>\n

[via Jill Hubley<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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