loganpowell
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5 years ago Hi @jmeisel ! We are now using generalized boundary files, so making choropleths is a snap. Here's an example for you (all ZCTAs in the US):
https://uscensusbureau.github.io/citysdk/examples/mapbox/zip-code-tabulation-areas_static/index.html
it's a huge file, so give it some time to load ;)
miss ya boss
Right now it's easy to pull data within a state at a lower boundary, but hard to pull data for all the US States. (because State is the highest level geography supported by CitySDK). This prevents users from easily creating a US Map and showing state vs state comparisons using a heatmap or choropleth.
Recommendation is to allow for new functions to CitySDK and accompanying "US State Query Builder" that returns State Demographic Data and associated State boundaries. Since the parameters would be limited to State data only, the data could also be cached to ensure it's always available.
Example of how easy it is to do in R is available here, which reminded me of this current product gap in CitySDK:
https://github.com/jmeisel/Census-Data-Science-Workshop/wiki/Exercise-2:-Fracking-Impact-on-Per-Capita-Income-in-North-Dakota-(R-Studio)