https://github.com/davepeck/unsheltered
Experimental/toy project to visualize public data related to unsheltered homelessness in Seattle.
https://github.com/davepeck/unsheltered
data-visualization homelessness seattle
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Experimental/toy project to visualize public data related to unsheltered homelessness in Seattle.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/davepeck/unsheltered
- Owner: davepeck
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-08-21T18:51:25.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-08-21T21:19:01.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-21T21:55:01.108Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: data-visualization, homelessness, seattle
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://unsheltered.davepeck.org/
- Size: 1.87 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Unsheltered
===========
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)