[Lab] OTTrees: an open data web app

[Jason Cobill]

   Great minds think alike! I used the tree inventory to try to map out the
spread of the Emerald Ash Borer, after our lovely Ash at home had to go
under the axe.

   http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2012/07/ottawa-tree-inventory/

   Did you get much help from the city? I sent them a few e-mails (and
contacted Open Data Ottawa) and got zero feedback, so I shelved the
"public" version of my app until I was sure I could rely on the data.

   -Jason Cobill



On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Emily Daniels <emily.daniels at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Not hardware, but software related; I made a web application with James
> DeMond that uses the city of Ottawa's tree inventory data set to show a
> bird’s eye view of the city, displaying the trees by taking the diameter at
> breast height (d.b.h.) of the tree and calculating the approximate spread
> of the tree given it’s species and estimated age as well as the seasonal
> foliage here <http://www.ottrees.com/>.
>
> It's a bit slow right now, but if you'd like to play with the code it's on
> Github here <https://github.com/emdaniels/ottrees> and I wrote about the
> making of it here<http://www.emilydaniels.com/2013/04/the-making-of-ottrees/>.
> In the process I also took the oldest trees of each species over 500 years
> old and made an ancient tree bike route through the city here<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=207547909246875332554.0004db82e2dc101c79649&msa=0>.
> Feedback is welcome!
>
> Emily
>
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