[okfn-labs] Spending story: US city bankruptcies

[Rufus Pollock]

On 9 August 2012 19:49, Gregor Aisch <gregor.aisch at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi Rufus
>
> Maybe you can help me out, but isn't this:
>
>   http://timeliner.reclinejs.com/
>
> an exact copy of this:
>
>   http://timeline.verite.co/#embed

No, it isn't :-)

First off, ReclineJS itself in general re-uses existing best-of-breed
viz tools and connects them with backends (it doesn't want to reinvent
a great graphing library, or mapping library or timeline library). So
the timeline component is primarily But it also connects them with
multiple data sources (so e.g. I've use the Timeliner with data from
ElasticSearch or the DataHub).

In the case of the Timeliner app itself there are a variety of things
that are beyond the basic timeliner either done or planned (more
planned atm), e.g.

* Various automatic customizations of display (setting of source etc)
* A map and timeline together - https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/3
* Embed and share: https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/4
* Search and filtering of the timeline (you can already do this as
part of the standard Recline Multiview but this isn't being used in
Timeliner atm)

> ?
>
> Why do we spend effort in copying this instead of helping Zach to connect
> his tool to data stored in CKAN in the same easy way as it can connect to
> Google Docs?

I think perhaps the above answers that -- plus connecting this to CKAN
as part of timeliner would be trivial (it would just be allowing an
additional backend as per http://dataexplorer.datahub.io -- in the
first pass on Timeliner done as a demo for ReclineJS launch I focused
on Google Docs as it allowed direct editing).

Rufus

> –Gregor
>
>
>
> Am 09.08.2012 um 20:21 schrieb Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:
>
> As a follow-up to my email yesterday with the US City Bankruptcy
> timeline [1], here's some accompanying "research" post (in progress!)
> (Note the hack embed of the timeline! Better embedding coming soon
> [2]):
>
> <http://notebook.okfn.org/2012/08/05/spending-story-california-city-bankruptcies/>
>
> One quote for me stands out (this is regarding the city of Stockton
> (the largest city in the US since Cleveland in 1979 to file for
> Bankruptcy):
>
> <quote>
> Since FY08-09, the City has been forced through lack of funds to
> reduce sworn General Fund Police staffing by 25%, Fire staffing by 30%
> and all other staffing by 43%. Programs and services have been reduced
> to minimum – or below minimum – levels. Sworn Police staffing per
> 1,000 residents has dropped from a high of 1.52 per 1,000 residents in
> 2005 to 1.16 currently, and in the face of a rising local crime rate.
> While violent crime rates dropped 5.5% nationwide in 2010, they were
> up in Stockton, which ranked 10th in the U.S. with 13.81 violent
> crimes per 1,000 residents.
> </quote>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> [1]:
> <http://timeliner.reclinejs.com/?backend=gdocs&url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aon3JiuouxLUdDQ3QlJhOHJnS2x0NkxibUp1YnYwR1E%23gid=0#explorer>
> [2]: https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/4
>
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