A simple project to connect the geographic dots.

Instructions to get running:

Clone the repo in a local directory

Create a file named keys.py in the format

cartodb_user = 'INSERT USERNAME'
cartodb_key = 'INSERT CARTODB API KEY'

Run the following commands:

cd geopaths
pip install requirements.txt
python run.py

Navigate to localhost:5000 in your browser and it should be running

Setup CartoDB data structure:

• Setting up the CartoDb database:
  • Create a table according to this schema:
    CREATE TABLE geopaths
    (cartodb_id number,
    the_geom geometry,
    email string,
    lastedited date,
    p1 geometry,
    p2 geometry,
    p3 geometry,
    p4 geometry,
    p5 geometry);
  • Add the non-geometry columns using the CartoDb GUI. To add the point columns, enter PostGIS statements of this form into the CartoDb SQL editor:
    SELECT AddGeometryColumn ('geopaths','p1',4326,'POINT',2);

MVP: Have a user enter at least two locations, maximum of five. These locations are geocoded, stored, and displayed on a map. Lines are drawn connecting the points.

Platform:

Front-end: leaflet.js cartodb.js mapbox.js pelias-leaflet-geocoder.js

Mapzen Search is being used for our Geocoder.

Backend: Flask + CartoDB

Initial Inspiration:

This project is being prepared initially to be used at an exhibition curated by Project Prospera: http://www.projectprospera.com/index.html

Some other topically related maps: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/from-ireland-to-germany-to-italy-to-mexico-how-americas-source-of-immigrants-has-changed-in-the-states-1850-to-2013/ http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/international-migrant-population-country-origin-and-destination?width=1000&height=850&iframe=true http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0

Intent: Hummanize migration, migration histories connect to current events Map is explicitly political Start with person, then go back by generation Technology as a tool, diversity

Context: Refugee law was written for European displaced persons, have been ammended over time Migration and Renewal complexities and hardships of migration