/sidewalkwidths-nyc

Measuring sidewalk widths for NYC using sidewalk outlines.

Primary LanguageJupyter Notebook

Sidewalk Widths NYC

Sidewalk Widths NYC uses New York City's Sidewalk dataset to produce a map of sidewalk widths for the 5 boroughs.

This repo contains the notebooks to reproduce this work, as well as the finished Sidewalk Width dataset in GeoJSON format.

Link

www.sidewalkwidths.nyc

Methodology

  1. Polygons from NYC open data Sidewalk Polygons

  2. Dissolve adjacent sidewalk polygons Sidewalk Polygons Dissolved

  3. Find sidewalk centerlines Centerlines

  4. Remove short ends and simplify Centerlines Simplified

  5. Measure distance from centerlines to original polygon Centerlines Widths