Methods

Principles

  • Public data only for the first release
  • Static hosting for easy sharing
  • R handles cleaning and summaries
  • Browser code handles dragging and instant updates

Current 311 pipeline

  1. Pull recent 311 records from NYC Open Data in R
  2. Keep only needed columns and valid coordinates
  3. Export lightweight GeoJSON and metadata for the app
  4. Render the Quarto site
  5. Preview locally and later publish to GitHub Pages

Caveats

Counts reflect reported records in source data. They are not direct measures of true prevalence.