[Lab] OTTrees: an open data web app

[Henri Kuschkowitz]

Great work, Emily!

Henri Kuschkowitz

On 2013-04-30, at 13:39, Emily Daniels <emily.daniels at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Barry! 
> 
> Jason: Nice! Yeah they weren't that responsive but Robert Giggey was helpful. They've just released a data set that added 100,000 trees which is awesome but way too much for the app to display. I've noticed a lot of older trees being cut down around Ottawa which seems to be due to pests or the like. It really sucks- wish there was a better way to stop the infestation.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Jason Cobill <jason.cobill at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>    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.
>>> 
>>> It's a bit slow right now, but if you'd like to play with the code it's on Github here and I wrote about the making of it here. 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. Feedback is welcome!
>>> 
>>> Emily
>>> 
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