Geoffrey Hing

python-data-cheatsheet. Things in Python, Pandas, GeoPandas and Jupyter that I've had to look up or weren't obvious in the documentation.

data-analysis-n-ways. Session notes, data, instructions and examples for a hands-on workshop on using a diverse set of tools and practices for journalistic data analysis. For SRCCON 2016 http://srccon.org/sessions/#proposal-318397

tablesplitter. Split a table in an image extracted from a PDF and OCR the individual pieces.

nicar2018-python-3. Notes and activity code for the "Python 3: Data cleaning and visualization with pandas and matplotlib" session at the 2018 NICAR conference.

nicar-2025-command-line. Tip sheet and activities for a hands-on session about using the command line for the 2025 NICAR conference

isochrones-python-apis. Jupyter notebook demonstrating how to create isocrhones using Python and some helpful spatial APIs

python-documentcloud-cli. A command line interface to the DocumentCloud API, written in Python

BeatBox. Report neighborhood safety incidents. Good looking out. Don't freak!

nicar_ocr. A tutorial on optical character recognition using tesseract, ImageMagick and other open source tools

nicar2016-python-testing-debugging-exercises. Exercises for my NICAR16 session on testing and debugging Python for newsroom developers

python-lsd. Python wrapper for the LSD line segment detector http://www.ipol.im/pub/art/2012/gjmr-lsd/

neighborhood_population_density. A reference geodjango + openlayers app to compare population density of neighborhoods.

sqs-event-list. YUI3 plugin to help you take control of Squarespace event listing blocks

census-data. Reusable Census data that can be useful to multiple projects.

tools-for-visual-data-journalism. Tools for visual and data journalism

elexr. R wrapper around elex to load Associated Press election results

strava-to-sqlite. Save Strava activities and activity route GPX data to a SQLite database.

Flickr-Attribute. A jQuery bookmarklet for creating an attribution link from a Flickr photo page.

diychi_helpers. Helper module(s) for DIY CHI website

strawpoll. Consensus building over SMS

scrape-represent-statements. Scrape congressional press releases and other statements from ProPublica's Represent News Application.

boardgameqr. Create QR codes for board games and scan the codes to log your plays to Board Game Geek.

cps-lscs. Compile data on Chicago Public Schools Local School Council memberships and vacancies

python-data-helpers. Useful functions for working with data in Python/Pandas.