Explore 1.2 billion taxi rides by Hannah Judge.
From the post:
Last year the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission released a massive dataset of pickup and dropoff locations, times, payment types, and other attributes for 1.2 billion trips between 2009 and 2015. The dataset is a model for municipal open data, a tool for transportation planners, and a benchmark for database and visualization platforms looking to test their mettle.
MapD, a GPU-powered database that uses Mapbox for its visualization layer, made it possible to quickly and easily interact with the data. Mapbox enables MapD to display the entire results set on an interactive map. That map powers MapD’s dynamic dashboard, updating the data as you zoom and pan across New York.
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Very impressive demonstration of the capabilities of MapD!
Imagine how you can visualize data from your hundreds of users geo-spotting security forces with their smartphones.
Or visualizing data from security forces tracking your citizens.
Technology cuts both ways.
The question is whether the sharper technology sword is going to be in your hands or those of your opponents?