Drumbeat San Diego Project: Open Data
Open San Diego
Facilitators: Jed Sundwall and Lorie Hearn
We'll be looking at data from over 35,000 911 calls from July of this year.
First we'll hear from the Watchdog Institute about how they gathered the data and how to best describe the data associated with each call.
Then we'll work with the audience to develop a visualizations based on the data that passes Kaiser Fung's "Trifecta Checkup"
- Can we identify a practical question that the data can answer?
- Can we process the data to properly answer the question?
- What type of chart will best display the data to answer the question?
Beyond that, I would like to work with the community to determine what other practical applications of these data can we come up with? Would we be able to do more with more of these data? What would the implications be of making these data available in real time? And what tools can we use to make these data more accessible to more people?
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Talk about forgetting the narrative.
Look, you've just taken the most exciting subject in the world and made it BORING!
You have 911 data!
You go to an expenive dinner downtown. After the best night of your life, you're walking back to your car in the parking garage, when you hear a sound and notice a group of guys dressed in dark clothes walking behind you. You pull out your trusty cell phone, and dial 911, all the time pretending your calling your friend. But then you get a recorded message; "For english press one. Para Espanol pressa dose." You begin to sweat as you casually move the phone to press one.
"All opperators are busy. You estimated wait time is 15 minutes." ...
Now wouldn't the data have shown how long the average caller waits?
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