View Streets Resurfaced in CD2 - FY 2009-10 in a larger map
The map is embeddable (see above) and you can download the KML file to fiddle with in Google Earth or in ArcView GIS.
Jeremy Oberstein BA '04, Paul Krekorian's Communications Director, initiated this project, which was borne out of the idea of helping constituents understand how their tax dollars were being spent.
“By showing people in our district exactly what was happening in an interactive kind of way, people could enter their address and [instantly] see what was going on,” Jeremy told me by phone yesterday. “This follows an ethos from Paul Krekorian, who strongly believes that government should be highly accessible by everyone.”
To create the map, Jeremy inputted data he requested from the Bureau of Street Services into a KMZ file, which was uploaded into Google Earth, converted into a KML file, and opened in Google Maps. This represented three straight days of work, plus consultation from planners inside the CD2 office.
If you haven’t had a chance to create your very own Google “My Map”, I encourage you to check out the map above and then try it for yourself. A Google “My Map” allows users to geocode locations by color and location type (i.e. restaurant, airport) as well as to draw streets and shapes. Although ArcView GIS allows planners to complete complex spatial analysis tasks, Google “My Maps” is an important item in a planner’s toolkit because of its ease of use by non-technical users.
It's amazing what you can create a Google Map for: Orange Line Transit-Oriented Food Adventure in a larger map
It's amazing what you can create a Google Map for: Orange Line Transit-Oriented Food Adventure in a larger map
On a separate note, I was surprised to see that the vast majority of the repaved lane miles (all 10 of them) were paid for via the gas tax, perhaps because I’d heard so much in Brian Taylor’s classes about the gas tax’s diminished buying power.
The next “Gov 2.0” deliverable to be on the lookout for? An iPhone app, tentatively scheduled to go live in April.
If you have any further questions for Jeremy or the Councilmember, you can reach them by e-mail at Councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org
Councilmember Paul Krekorian's office also produced a Google Map featuring the location of emergency shelters in CD2, for residents who have to evacuate due to flooding or fires. View CD 2 Emergency Map in a larger map
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