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DATATricks, tips, tools, and testimonials that every Land Bank should hear
Isaac Robb Michael SchrammJessie MastersJames McGuire
OVERVIEWGetting Data
Preparing data
Using Data
Presenting Data
GETTING DATA Mike Schramm
PLACES TO GET DATA
County Government – Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Court, Planning
Municipal Government – Planning, Building/Housing Dept., Community Development Dept., Police Dept.
Regional Planning offices
County Land Reutilization Corp
Census Bureau/Fact Finder
NST WEB APP
Data system of parcel-level data for all parcels in Cuyahoga County, OH that is operated by the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at Case Western Reserve University
Much of the data is updated weekly
Data is searchable, filterable, sortable, downloadable
All data are georeferenced into local geographies and target areas
Quick mapping functions
User-added data allowed
NST WEB APPHouses data relevant for neighborhood
stabilization activities by city, county, and community development entities:
Property transfersTax recordsForeclosure filingsSheriff’s salesCuyahoga Land Bank recordsCleveland Land Bank records
Cleveland Building and Housing administrative data
Cleveland Housing Court administrative data
Geographic informationOthers
WAYS DATA ARE ACQUIRED•Email•FTP•DVD/CD•XML Stream•Dropbox•Google Drive•Screen Scraping•API endpoints
These all occur at various intervals, but most data are updated weekly
NST WEB APP – CREATE DATA FROM DATAVacant lot proxy County bldg value Cleveland demo Private demo permit Cuyahoga Land Bank demo Cuyahoga County Demo Program Demo
TO USE DATA, IT MUST BE “MACHINE READABLE”
Machine Readable – data is stored in a predictable manner Excel with distinct data in rows columns .csv JSON/XML
Non Machine Readable A scanned excel document A word document Report extracts with header and footers saved as excel file will not work If data for the same parcel continues to the next line, it will not work PDFs Color coded rows/columns in Excel
PREPARING DATA Jessie Masters
THE TASKIdentify tax foreclosure eligible properties within a specified geography What is already in the system
(“trajectory”) What could potentially be
recommended
STEP ONEIdentify what parcels are in specified geography, and gather property characteristics
County GIS department
http://myplace.cuyahogacounty.us/
Internal GIS software – ArcGIS
STEP TWOIdentify what parcels may be tax delinquent (certified/advertised)
County Treasurer’s Office or fiscal office will likely be able to supply this information
STEP THREEIdentify what might already be in tax foreclosure (“trajectory”)
County Prosecutor’s Office
STEP FOURWhat parcels are already on your land bank’s radar?
Filed a land affidavit? Maybe you’ve already demolished it? Etc.
Pull from your internal work-flow or database.
(We use PPS)
http://pps.land/
STEP FIVEIdentify what properties might be vacant, vacant lots, or active condemnations
Postal Data
Building and Housing Department
Occupancy Surveys (Thanks, TCI!)
STEP SIXStart combining your data into one clean spreadsheet or dataset!
Creating a table and filtering
Adding columns
Useful formulas: VLOOKUP – Joining tables together CONCATENATE – combining text from two columns into one! SUBSTITUTE – removing dashes or other delimiters from parcel numbers TEXT – adding dashes or other delimiters from parcel numbers
USING DATA James McGuire
CREATING A MAPUSING GOOGLESort through data and clean up
CREATING A MAP USING GOOGLEIdentify variable that will be sorted.
Disposition status was chosen. Acquired, Affidavit to CCLRC, and Foreclosure Requested.
Each Variable must be saved as its own spreadsheet.
This will create separate layers.
CREATING A MAP USING GOOGLEgoogle.com/mymaps
Create new map
Import layers
CREATING A MAPUSING GOOGLE
Addresses automatically geocoded (thanks, clean data!)
Change color and style layers
Add labels (consider your audience)
Continue adding layers if needed
CREATING A MAP USING GOOGLE
Add finishing touches
Make sure you have contrast
Use appropriate background
CREATING A MAP USING GOOGLE
Check the pop-ups
Make sure data is consistent
Add images
Share your map! First, choose who can view it
OTHER MAPPING APPLICATIONS
ESRI ArcMap Significantly more
data-driven and customizable Paid subscription
OTHER MAPPING APPLICATIONS
ArcGIS Online Data from ArcGIS
Desktop easily transposed into interactive webmap
OTHER MAPPINGAPPLICATIONSQGIS
OTHER MAPPINGAPPLICATIONSGrass GIS
PRESENTING DATA ISAAC ROBB
Source: Cleveland Neighborhoods by the Numbers , Western Reserve Land Conservancy, CUDC
Source: Cleveland Neighborhoods by the Numbers , Western Reserve Land Conservancy, CUDC
Courtesy of Frank Ford
Balancing charts
Available Templates
Clear, concise, & aligned text
General page formats
Canva
ADDITIONAL RESOURCESDiscounted software for nonprofits (ex: ArcGIS, Adobe Suite, MS Office)
Thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills. Available through public libraries and educational institutions.
Google can answer your questions as long as you ask it correctly! (Somebody else has already had the same problem!)
DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE POWER OF YOUTUBE!
THANK YOU! Questions?
Isaac Robb – [email protected] Schramm – [email protected] Masters – [email protected] McGuire – [email protected]