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This should probably be broken up in the future to a new page, but here are some thoughts I had on what data would be useful.
This site is meant to provide a clearing house of all data someone might find useful and should ideally target 3 levels of people:
- People looking to move to Delaware who are interested in the basics: where are the schools, where are the parks, and commute times. Basically anything that drives where one would want to live.
- People who have just moved in a house or apartment that are looking for: where are the libraries, recreation areas, and where to vote. These are people who are looking to enhance their quality of life and potentially get involved.
- People who have lived in Delaware for a year or longer that are looking to get even more involved in their communities, engaging in things such as coastal zone cleanup, volunteering as a docent in a museum, and civic engagement like targeting high crime areas or dangerous intersections (also known as Vision Zero). These are people who may now be empty nesters with suddenly large amounts of spare time and want to give back.
With this much data available presentation in a clear and concise way will be of primary importance, so if you're looking to help out, consider this a learning opportunity in not only front-end code but mapping technologies as well.
Here are all the known data sources at the city, county, and state levels:
| Government | Server | Type |
|---|---|---|
| City of Wilmington | https://citypermit.wilmingtonde.gov/arcgis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| City of Newark | https://services.arcgis.com/nQgBxn6WXyRCKVUz/arcgis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| City of Dover | https://gis.dover.de.us/arcgis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| New Castle County | https://gis.nccde.org/agsserver/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| Kent County | http://co.kent.de.us/arcgis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| Sussex County | https://maps.sussexcountyde.gov/gis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| Statewide | https://firstmap.delaware.gov/arcgis/rest/services/ | ArcGIS |
| Statewide | https://data.delaware.gov/ | Socrata |
The ArcGIS interface is meant more GIS administrators so unfortunately it isn't the most user-friendly experience on the planet, so you have to poke around a bit and guess if all else fails.
These are just a smattering of interesting datasets I came across. The names give a pretty good idea of what the data is and, depending on the thoughtfulness of the GIS admin, the layer itself might contain descriptions for fields if not evident by sight.
Adding any these to a map should be as easy as replacing an existing URL on the tellmewherei.live map and reloading. Depending on what you're drawing on the map, your code will probably have to be cognizant of what geometry type the data is. Fortunately (at least with ArcGIS), the layer itself contains a Geometry Type field that will be one of esriGeometryPoint , esriGeometryPolyline , or esriGeometryPolygon . There may be more but this is 99.9% of what you'll run across.
This is by no means the entire list of datasets, there are literally hundreds available in Delaware.
Feel free to add to the above list with any interesting datasets you encounter.
Feel free to add yourself and expertise here. If you're looking to get involved, feel free to reach out to a person on the list that can likely help based on what you'd like to help with.
| Name | Github Username | Location | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Hess | trescube | Wilmington | I know practically nothing about UI work but am adept at mapping and middleware/backend (though definitely not an expert). I work for Esri (which makes ArcGIS) and can answer ArcGIS-related questions, but I know nothing about Socrata. |