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Human data shows how we move in cities

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Re: Human data shows how we move in cities

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Post by mahesh_rm »

saraid216 wrote: post #15
pveugen wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point. I played around with different decay times a lot, but it was very hard to settle on a decay time and opacity settings that worked for most cities, since the data set from city to city was varying in size. If I would re-render the movies, I'd definitely do try renders with lower decay times, especially for cities like NY, LA, etc.

It might be interesting to see whether or not an ideal decay time correlates with anything.

Using a wavelet time frequency analysis is what they generally do to highlight these kinds of patterns when dealing with brain activations of neural populations. It gives you an idea of power of a specific frequency over time [e.g., http://www.lauriefrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wavlet...]. And apparently it's already been used for analogous purposes: [ http://www.paramics-online.com/downloads/technicaldocs/wavel...] :-)

Re: Human data shows how we move in cities

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Post by crisnoble »

reubenmorais wrote: post #26
crisnoble wrote: post #23

Does anyone know if there is an app that will produce a similar map, but that uses just your own data? I would love to have a map like that that shows where in my city I have been and that would encourage me to see more spots.

Strava will let you do this if you pay for premium. It's called Personal Heatmaps. It's typically used for running/cycling/swimming, but nothing stops you from using it to track your location. http://www.strava.com

I use Strava for my runs and rides, and you can get the heatmap (or at least similar) through the third party VeloViewer (http://veloviewer.com/) by looking at your "wheel".

I basically want my always on and exportable Moves (http://moves-app.com/) data to port into "Personal Heatmaps" of Strava.

Re: Human data shows how we move in cities

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Post by sliverstorm »

blocktuw wrote: post #19

Any chance at open sourcing the data? There are other cities that would be interesting to see that are not included in your sample. Are you interested in licensing out use of the data to 3rd parties? So much data!

Open sourcing data? That seems like a very strange statement.

Re: Human data shows how we move in cities

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Post by phdinsd »

crisnoble wrote: post #23

Does anyone know if there is an app that will produce a similar map, but that uses just your own data? I would love to have a map like that that shows where in my city I have been and that would encourage me to see more spots.

OpenPaths (https://openpaths.cc/) is also a good passive location tracking tool. It's not being actively developed anymore and prone to long loading times, but I've been using it for over a year. Their visualization is pretty good and you can export your data in a variety of formats.

Moves (http://moves-app.com) is also good for passive location tracking. Good data export options and some nice mapping integrations with third party services (http://quantifiedself.com/2014/03/map-moves-data/). Disclaimer: Moves is a Facebook entity so caveat emptor

Re: Human data shows how we move in cities

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Post by moogleii »

pveugen wrote: post #9
TallGuyShort wrote: post #2

This is pretty cool, although it would be nice to see the different types of transportation across the same city. I see dramatic differences in the visualizations, sure, but they seem as dramatic as the differences in the layout and structure of these cities. While I'm giving feedback, I must say I had to pause and re-read this sentence many times: "Human helps people move almost twice as much in six weeks". As I'm n…

Thanks for the feedback. We rendered visuals for different activities in all cities. Click one of the cities on the homepage for details. We've also shared all visuals (dark and light) and some bonus gifs on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/58chppkj2ckim7s/AAAchKhSL56mjaaiA...

I gotta agree with TallGuyShort. As a huge fan of mass transit, I think "motorized" should differentiate between automobile and train/subway.
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