Fans and followers of the Strong Towns movement like to see their municipal data visualized. Organizations like Urban 3 have pioneered compelling ways to do this in places across North America. This repository is meant to help people take the "bottom up approach" to unlocking their own munipal data.
Here are a few links to introduce the concepts of Value Per Acre and examples of how it can be applied to your place.
- Value Per Acre Analysis: A How-To For Beginner
- The Cost of Auto Orientation
- 2022: The Year in Maps and Charts From Urban3
python_scripts: contains various Python scripts for QGIS usage to assist with labeling, coloring, organizing data in your GIS project.symbology_presets: value/acre maps really pop when the color (and the value) ranges are aligned to fit your local municipality. A few examples are in here that can be loaded for a layer's symbology settings.
- QGIS - a free and open-source GIS mapping tool. Most of the resources in this repository will be aligned around this tool due to its availablity and (no) cost.
- ArcGIS Search - most municipalities are using the commercial ArcGIS product to manage their maps, however the data is compatible with QGIS. You can search for parcel data here, many municipalities make it easy to find, others not so much - if at all. Search
"<Municpality Name> Parcel"to get started exploring.