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https://github.com/davepeck/unsheltered

Experimental/toy project to visualize public data related to unsheltered homelessness in Seattle.
https://github.com/davepeck/unsheltered

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Experimental/toy project to visualize public data related to unsheltered homelessness in Seattle.

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Unsheltered
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An experimental/toy data pipeline to build encampment and mapping visualizations for Seattle using public datasets.

Website, updated daily: https://unsheltered.davepeck.org/

More details in my blog post: https://davepeck.org/2025/08/22/unsheltered-seattle/

### Using this code

To try it locally:

```
npm install
just
npm run dev
```

### Random notes about data

Regularly updated Seattle datasets:

- [Seattle Real Time Fire 911 Calls](https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Seattle-Real-Time-Fire-911-Calls/kzjm-xkqj/about_data)
- [Call Data](https://data.seattle.gov/Public-Safety/Call-Data/33kz-ixgy/about_data)
- [Customer Service Requests](https://data.seattle.gov/City-Administration/Customer-Service-Requests/5ngg-rpne/about_data)

Permanent Seattle datasets:

- [Park boundary centroids](https://data-seattlecitygis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/SeattleCityGIS::park-boundary-centroids/explore)
- [Park boundary outlines](https://data-seattlecitygis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/SeattleCityGIS::park-boundary-outlines/explore)
- [Playgrounds](https://data-seattlecitygis.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/72e2330a983e4c2dbb0f294abf33e250)
- [Seattle boundaries git repo](https://github.com/seattleio/seattle-boundaries-data/tree/master)

Other datasets:

- [Public schools across the USA](https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/geographic/schoollocations)