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Tue, Aug 02 2011 13:33:11

The Restaurant Grade Challenge & Chat

My rapid-data-mapping experiment based on NYC restaurant grades. Deets here: http://thingsivelearned.posterous.com/mapping-restaurant-grades

  1. It started with an idea from @BKpolitics.
  2. BKpolitics
    BKpolitics@BKpolitics
    @jkeefe --idea: if you can get the data, mapping restaurant grades would be sweet t.co/Kltebs5
    Mon, Aug 01 2011 13:49:47
  3. zseward
    zseward@zseward
    @jkeefe @BKpolitics Hah, sounds like a good challenge! Here's the 10 MB dataset: on.nyc.gov/paUntv
    Mon, Aug 01 2011 14:10:52
  4. dancow
    dancow@dancow
    @jkeefe Well @sr_spatial took a crack at it last year, based on a post I did here: bit.ly/d2zym7 I think @sr_spatial did it along zip
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 09:11:13
  5. SR_spatial
    SR_spatial@SR_spatial
    @jkeefe Some rough drafts from last year here: bit.ly/pxar8G Would be glad to discuss challenges of portraying the data. cc @dancow
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 09:11:22
  6. Then I set to work
  7. jkeefe
    jkeefe@jkeefe
    @BKpolitics @jim_colgan @zseward @dancow @sr_spatial I have 50 mins of free time. Going to start now. Time me.
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 09:07:52

  8. I posted a blog post and a tweet about 1 hour and 45 minutes later, and got ideas for more exploration:

  9. jkeefe
    jkeefe@jkeefe
    @SR_spatial @dancow @jim_colgan @BKpolitics @zseward Done! (In draft form) Don't see a story there, tho. http://jkef.me/rguszW
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 10:49:33
  10. dancow
    dancow@dancow
    @jkeefe Perhaps do it by number of failed grades/grade pendings per 100 eateries?
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 10:50:43
  11. SR_spatial
    SR_spatial@SR_spatial
    @jkeefe @dancow Speedy indeed! I think it's also helpful / interesting to account for cuisine type.
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 10:54:25
  12. BKpolitics
    BKpolitics@BKpolitics
    @jkeefe also maybe an average grade map? Could be done with just a GPA formula (F=0, A=4, A-=3.7, B+=3.3 etc.)
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 11:09:03
  13. BKpolitics
    BKpolitics@BKpolitics
    @jkeefe hmm...you could reweight to a bell curve? t.co/xHJg4oK
    Tue, Aug 02 2011 13:15:37

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