This is a map of South Downtown Atlanta, created for CodeAcross. Soon, the map will have a home on southdowntown.org.

##Data and sources:

• South Downtown polygon
• Bike racks, Central Atlanta Progress
• MARTA train stops, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Historical markers, The Historical Marker Database
• Landmarks, City of Atlanta
• Aerial survey, 1949, Georgia State University
• Government buildings, Foursquare
• Entertainment, Foursquare
• Residential buildings, Foursquare
• Food, Foursquare
• Art
• Community assets
• Vacant properties
• Parcels, Fulton County Board of Assessors
• Neighborhood profile, City of Atlanta
• National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service
• Population density, United States Census Bureau
• Zoning, City of Atlanta
• Tax Allocation Districts, City of Atlanta
• City Council Districts, City of Atlanta
• Neighborhood Stabilization Program, City of Atlanta
• Separate map: Local events, Eventbrite

##Possible Foursquare category additions:

• Neighborhood: 4f2a25ac4b909258e854f55f
• Southern / Soul Food Restaurant: 4bf58dd8d48988d14f941735
• Other Great Outdoors: 4bf58dd8d48988d162941735
• Salon / Barbershop: 4bf58dd8d48988d110951735
• Courthouse: 4bf58dd8d48988d12b941735
• Building: 4bf58dd8d48988d130941735
• Plaza: 4bf58dd8d48988d164941735
• Food Truck: 4bf58dd8d48988d1cb941735
• Cosmetics Shop: 4bf58dd8d48988d10c951735
• Indian Restaurant: 4bf58dd8d48988d10f941735
• Pizza Place: 4bf58dd8d48988d1ca941735
• Office: 4bf58dd8d48988d124941735
• Police Station: 4bf58dd8d48988d12e941735
• Gym: 4bf58dd8d48988d176941735
• Parking: 4c38df4de52ce0d596b336e1
• Internet Cafe: 4bf58dd8d48988d1f0941735
• Non-Profit: 50328a8e91d4c4b30a586d6c
• Convenience Store: 4d954b0ea243a5684a65b473

##Future Goals:

• Add more layers
• Make vacancy data more clear (it currently seems like whole buildings are vacant that aren't)
• Create separate maps for different audiences
• Add to South Downtown website
• Think about dream data and what we could gather

##Some possible ways to narrow the map for different audiences

• Real estate developers
• Advocacy (city planning, decision-makers, etc.)
• Visitors
• Residents

##Potential Additions:

• Population density and demographics
• Schools
• Street closures
• Parking (lots, decks, street)
• Use parcel layer to shade parcels based on data (use, ownership, etc.)
• Historical uses (esp. for vacancies)
• More transit
  • Bus stops (MARTA and regional) and/or routes
  • Greyhound
  • Bike lanes & routes
  • Streetcar
  • Map usage
• Infrastructure (plumbing, electrical, fiber)
• Social services
• Economic indicators
• Organizations and other social events, etc.
• Government use
• Security (GSU police, Fulton county police & sheriff, APD, gov't building security)
• Proximity to stuff outside South Downtown
• Ambassadors
• Future plans (building permits; future land use map)
• Events
• Previous property sales/prices
• Visitors to the area
• More landmarks
• Filming locations
• Retail
• Integrating other CodeAcross groups' efforts: storytelling, branding, participatory

##Collaborators

• India Calhoun
• John Crocker
• Janae Futrell
• Jasdeep Garcha
• Darin Givens
• Rudy Goodwine
• Ethan Henderson
• Scott Henderson
• Matthew Jones
• Kyle Kessler
• John Kirkley
• Bryan Lackey
• Jimmy Lo
• John Mancini
• Luigi Montanez
• Katie OConnell
• Mollie Taylor

##Stack

• Research, Cleaning, and Geocoding
  • QGIS
  • Ruby (see https://github.com/codeforatlanta/csv_geocoder)
• Implementation
  • HTML, CSS, Javascript
  • Leaflet
  • leaflet-omnivore
  • leaflet.shapefile & shapefile-js
  • jQuery (for Foursquare API integration)
  • Foursquare API
  • Font Awesome
  • Leaflet.awesome-markers