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Map Help #32

Closed pilarmarite closed 8 years ago

pilarmarite commented 8 years ago

Hi! I was wondering if you had anytime today to help me with a map I'm trying to create? I've found all the data I need on gyms. But I'm having trouble overlaying population density on my map.

jueyang commented 8 years ago

Can you tell me what the trouble is?

Here is a tutorial from CartoDB on creating a choropleth map of the US population density. http://academy.cartodb.com/courses/01-beginners-course/lesson-2.html

Make sure you have the data (the geometry and the numerical). For example, if you are doing population density for community districts in NYC, you would need a geojson or shapefile that has the community district boundary as well as population per square meter (or something along that line).

If you still have question after reading the tutorial and trying it with the right data, you may come with your question between 3-4:30pm today or schedule something at calendly.com/chatwithjue

On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, pilarmarite notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi! I was wondering if you had anytime today to help me with a map I'm trying to create? I've found all the data I need on gyms. But I'm having trouble overlaying population density on my map.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/jueyang/call-me-maybe/issues/32.

pilarmarite commented 8 years ago

Thank you for the information

pilarmarite commented 8 years ago

I'm still having some issues. I'm free until 4. Do you happen to be around?

jueyang commented 8 years ago

Can you tell me what issue it is in words? Document what you've done and what's not working so that I can help you diagnose. I have a meeting that is running late. You can find my schedule at the link above. Tomorrow 2-4pm works as well.

On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, pilarmarite <notifications@github.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','notifications@github.com');> wrote:

I'm still having some issues. I'm free until 4. Do you happen to be around?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/jueyang/call-me-maybe/issues/32#issuecomment-153473620 .

pilarmarite commented 8 years ago

So, I was able to find population density data on cartodb, that I successfully merged and mapped. The problem is I can't see the source of this data. Before this I spent two hours trying to find and map the proper data (geojson), but with no luck. I'm about to try my data search again.

jueyang commented 8 years ago

By source, do you mean where the data comes from? That should be where you downloaded the data, eg. US Census.

Or do you mean something else? Send screenshots that might explain your troubles!