596 Acres

bit.ly/ncgis2015-596acres

Eric Brelsford

Eric Brelsford

freelance programmer and mapmaker

Eric Brelsford

@ebrelsford

NYC's community land access advocates

(background)

open data without data literacy = frustration

online is not enough

nice site! how did you make it?

Local Law 48 Report

IPIS

OASIS NYC

virtual groundtruthing

imagine every [vacant] parcel in your city has its own facebook page

(outcomes)

communities now have access to 32 sites on 50 lots spanning 7.8 acres

Meg Wachter

HOW BOUT A GOAT YARD

groundedinphilly.org

livinglotsnola.org

laopenacres.org

follow along at github/596acres

596acres.org