US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by harrylove » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap
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Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by jamesbressi » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:03 PM UTC

Very well done. It would be interesting to have the ability to click on one of the reports and get details--something I'm sure you would have done if it was available or possible.

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by tomkinstinch » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:10 PM UTC

jamesbressi wrote: post #2

Very well done. It would be interesting to have the ability to click on one of the reports and get details--something I'm sure you would have done if it was available or possible.

Toggling each type on/off might be interesting as well.

I was immediately curious if there is a cluster of bicyclist fatalities anywhere. I clicked on the icons in the key expecting to change the visibility of each category, but that did nothing.

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by s00pcan » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:22 PM UTC

This is not very interesting without any ability to add a filter.

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by PLejeck » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

This has just reaffirmed my fear of east-coasters.

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by laconian » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:29 PM UTC

Found my friend that died in 2002, though it only reported his death and not his fiancee's as well.

What a sad nitpick! :(

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by PLejeck » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

laconian wrote: post #6

Found my friend that died in 2002, though it only reported his death and not his fiancee's as well. What a sad nitpick! :(

Maybe the fiancee's icon is placed under their icon?

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by PLejeck » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

tomkinstinch wrote: post #3

jamesbressi wrote: post #2

Very well done. It would be interesting to have the ability to click on one of the reports and get details--something I'm sure you would have done if it was available or possible.

Toggling each type on/off might be interesting as well. I was immediately curious if there is a cluster of bicyclist fatalities anywhere. I clicked on the icons in the key expecting to change the visibility of each category, but that did nothing.

I too was disappointed by that oversight.

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by tobiasSoftware » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:32 PM UTC

I think a per-person version of this chart would be interesting as well, dividing the map into regions, counting the number of accidents, and dividing it by the number of people in the region. Placement of accidents is less interesting than chance you will have an accident if you live there IMO. Still cool though :)

Re: US Road Fatalities 2001-09 mapped with OpenStreetMap

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Post by colanderman » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 6:32 PM UTC

PLejeck wrote: post #5

This has just reaffirmed my fear of east-coasters.

More so east-coast roads. It seems to me like the west coast has more traffic-calming devices (though my experience there is limited to two weeks of bicycling in Seattle and Portland). Our idea of "traffic calming" on the east coast is to add strobe lights to traffic signals.