{"id":28,"date":"2025-12-09T22:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:32:36","slug":"tools-methods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/tools-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools\/Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The core tool for processing, integrating, and maintaining the project&#8217;s foundational <strong>Geospatial and Trail Data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Method:<\/strong> ArcGIS <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Data Aggregation:<\/strong> sorting trail shape files and park boundaries from various sources (OpenDataPhilly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proximity Analysis:<\/strong> Calculating the <strong>exact walking distance and path<\/strong> from a SEPTA stop (a point) to the closest trailhead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Validation:<\/strong> Cleaning up errors, standardizing coordinate systems, and preparing the definitive map layers for the app. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>User Generated Content systems<\/strong>: I Naturalist, E Bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-pull localized data on flora and fauna sightings, allowing the user to view and contribute to a regional ecological knowledge base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Method:<\/strong> Libraries like <strong>Mapbox GL<\/strong> or <strong>Leaflet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Render Custom Tiles:<\/strong> Display the cleaned trail, park, and amenity data on top of standard base maps with custom styling (using different colors\/line weights for paved vs. dirt trails).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable Filtering:<\/strong> Quickly redraw the map based on user-applied filters (hiding all non-accessible trails) without relying solely on the device&#8217;s native map application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The core tool for processing, integrating, and maintaining the project&#8217;s foundational Geospatial and Trail Data. Method: ArcGIS User Generated Content systems: I Naturalist, E Bird -pull localized data on flora and fauna sightings, allowing the user to view and contribute to a regional ecological knowledge base. Method: Libraries like Mapbox GL or Leaflet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/UnseenPhilly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}