Do Good With Data

• Ethical Checklist for Data Science (Data Science for Social Good)
• Five principles for applying data science for good (Jake Porway)

Tools

• Carto: web-based mapping, free version available
• Github Student Developer Pack: free and discounted tools
• Quadrigram: web tool for visualizations and data storytelling
• Tableau Public & Tableau Student

Datasets

• Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center
• OpenDataPhilly
• NYC Open Data
• Chicago Data Portal
• Data SF
• Divvy Bikes (Chicago Bike Sharing)
• Healthy Ride Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Bike Sharing)
• Carnegie Museum of Art Collection
• ProPublica: datasets & APIs
• United States Census Bureau

Tutorials

Getting data

• Open Data Tutorials (WPRDC)
• API Workshop (WPRDC): Presentation Slides (PDF or Google Slides) & Github

data visualization

• R Shiny Workshop (David Henderson, FII): Presentation Slides & Github
• Python Pandas Tutorial (Greg Schivley)

Mapping

• Web Mapping Tutorial (Christian Gass, MapTimePGH)
• Mapbox: Base Map Customization Tutorial (Christian Gass, MapTimePGH)
• CartoDB x Github: Crowdsourcing Webmaps (Raphael Dumas)
• “Dot Map” Creator Tutorial (CMU’s CREATE Lab)
• Geo 101 + Open Street Maps (Christian Gass)

Cases

• Divvy.Vision: visualizing Chicago’s Divvy bike share program in action
• DNA Info: crowdsourcing mental models of Chicago’s neighborhood boundaries
• Mean Streets: humanizing fatal traffic crashes in New York City in 2014
• ProPublica News Apps: bolstering journalism with data
• Subspotting NYC: calling attention to mobile reception in NYC subway system
• Transitmix: helping transit planners quickly design routes, identify trade offs, and communicate with the public