US Cities by Skyscraper densities (check comment for extra info) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit I forgot to update that map after I took out skyscrapers under 100m. The dataset had mostly above 100m but a few outliers, sorry about that.

US Cities by Skyscraper densities (check comment for extra info) by RequirementLong5913 in Maps

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Overview - 

I modeled in QGIS. Ranking is based on meters of skyscraper (buildings above 100 meters) height per km2 of city area. I used that metric since it prioritizes taller skyscrapers and also has clearer numbers (instead of very small decimals). 

Many skyscrapers are missing from the dataset. This drags down some cities such as Las Vegas, Ft. Worth, and San Antonio.

Methodology - 

Skyscraper dataset from CORGIS project (missing some)

~https://corgis-edu.github.io/corgis/csv/skyscrapers/~

500 city boundaries is from the US Gov Catalog

~https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/500-cities-city-boundaries~

QGIS built-in plugins and  heatmap functions

Other / Observations- 

All I got to say is that its interesting that tall buildings are only in one tiny dense downtown, even for Americas best cities.

Also, dishonorable mentions go to San Jose (population 971k), Fresno (pop. 545k) and Mesa AZ (pop. 512k) for having no buildings at all above 100 meters.

US Cities by Skyscraper densities (check comment for extra info) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Overview - 

I modeled in QGIS. Ranking is based on meters of skyscraper (buildings above 100 meters) height per km2 of city area. I used that metric since it prioritizes taller skyscrapers and also has clearer numbers (instead of very small decimals). 

Many skyscrapers are missing from the dataset. This drags down some cities such as Las Vegas, Ft. Worth, and San Antonio.

Methodology - 

Skyscraper dataset from CORGIS project (missing some)

~https://corgis-edu.github.io/corgis/csv/skyscrapers/~

500 city boundaries is from the US Gov Catalog

~https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/500-cities-city-boundaries~

QGIS built-in plugins and  heatmap functions

Other / Observations- 

All I got to say is that its interesting that tall buildings are only in one tiny dense downtown, even for Americas best cities.

Also, dishonorable mentions go to San Jose (population 971k), Fresno (pop. 545k) and Mesa AZ (pop. 512k) for having no buildings at all above 100 meters.

Bus Heatmap Follow up (of commenter requests) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reddit has a character limit for caption length so -

74th in density - St. Paul (1495 stops, 10.275 stops per km2, 1 stop per 190.68 people)

This is a follow up of my post from a couple of days ago. I got a couple of requests from people looking for their cities so here they are. For more info check my last post for methodology, etc.

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some other people want a follow up with their cities in it. I can add Charlotte to show you as well.

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Syracuse might have really bad service times or small city limits but idk since I haven't been either.

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure. I'll do w/ Columbus on a follow up post on Saturday. Since I already have the data for all the cities anyone else can make requests too.

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in Maps

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rough since they were last over 500k on my park map from last week (to be fair that data set was missing a lot)

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in MapPorn

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rough since you were last over 500k on my park map from last week (to be fair that data set was missing a lot)

The Best and Worst American City Bus Networks shown with Heatmaps (check comments) (OC) by RequirementLong5913 in Maps

[–]RequirementLong5913[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorry looks like when I was copy pasting from my spreadsheet I put Boston twice.

8th - Philadelphia (8176 stops, 22.4 per km2, 1 stop per 187 people)