Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 20:10:57 GMT
I think I may well have posted something about this before, but quite a while ago (and I can't find it, so maybe not).
There used to be a website called commoncensus.org which used an algorithm to define US regions/neighbourhoods by getting people to give their zip code, and what they considered to be their local 'big city' or the name of their neighbourhood.
Although the website is now gone, using the Internet Archive you can see the main pages of the site at web.archive.org/web/20160105050709/http://commoncensus.org/, and some sample maps (sorry about the size) like these:
US city regions (based on just over 56000 votes)
New York City areas
I think the concept is brilliant, and would be extremely useful to any boundary-drawing project, or submission to the Boundary Commission for arguing about what constitutes local areas.
I corresponded via email with the originator of the site for a while, trying to persuade him to let me have his algorithms and coding, but he seemed to go offline a coupe fo years ago and hasn't responded since.
So, is there anyone on this site who would be able to take this on, or who knows someone who might?
There used to be a website called commoncensus.org which used an algorithm to define US regions/neighbourhoods by getting people to give their zip code, and what they considered to be their local 'big city' or the name of their neighbourhood.
Although the website is now gone, using the Internet Archive you can see the main pages of the site at web.archive.org/web/20160105050709/http://commoncensus.org/, and some sample maps (sorry about the size) like these:
US city regions (based on just over 56000 votes)
New York City areas
I think the concept is brilliant, and would be extremely useful to any boundary-drawing project, or submission to the Boundary Commission for arguing about what constitutes local areas.
I corresponded via email with the originator of the site for a while, trying to persuade him to let me have his algorithms and coding, but he seemed to go offline a coupe fo years ago and hasn't responded since.
So, is there anyone on this site who would be able to take this on, or who knows someone who might?