mateoclarke / atx-citysdk-js

CitySDK Austin Parks

This is a demonstration app forked from Austin Park Equity to give a mapping example using API open data from Census.gov.

Running Code Locally:

1. npm is required

npm is Node's package manager. You can install Node at their site or with a command like brew install node if you use Homebrew.

2. gulp is required

gulp is used to build and run the app. Before you can serve the app locally, you need to install gulp cli:

$ npm install -g gulp

3. webpack is required webpack is used to bundle assets

$ npm install -g webpack

To bundle assets:

$ webpack --watch

4. compass is required

compass is a css authoring framework that is used to generate css used by the app. Follow the install instructions on the compass site.

5. install npm dependencies

Install the npm dependencies:

$ npm install

6. run the development server

To run the local server and see the app in your browser:

$ gulp

Gulp serves the app at http://localhost:8080.

Austin Data Sources:

• City of Austin, Parks and Rec Dept (PARD) Data
  • Basic Park Feature Layer via ArcGIS Server
    • Also available on data.austintexas.gov
    • This data is used across the app to produce park shapes.

Global Data Sources:

• Open Street Map Park Data:
  • We use the Overpass API via the "query-overpass" plugin to extract data. Here's the commit that added OSM data if you're curious how.
• Census.gov Data
  • CitySDK API

Unlicense:

Released to the public domain under the Unlicense by Open Austin, 2015.