#README
###med-data.herokuapp.com
This is project based on Medicare-Provider-Supplier Data supplied by CMS.gov.
###What This Is I compiled Medicare Data for 14,000 Zip codes, then filled the Zip Code areas on a US map with opacities corresponding to higher average standard deviations of different data points.
###Challenges This was a large dataset from my expierence and really pushed my optimization techniques for Rails. Though I wasn't able to use the whole file, I was used about a million lines of the data to speed up my workflow.
The data itself was pretty straightforward, but before building the heat map, I had no idea what would be uncovered. I also wasn’t sure how I could make this data interactive. This rendering was more of a gamble than an educated guess. Moving forward, I need to approach data in a more scientific way.