Sam Learner

river-runner. Uses USGS/MERIT Basin data to visualize the path of a rain droplet to its endpoint.

letterboxd_recommendations. Scraping publicly-accessible Letterboxd data and creating a movie recommendation model with it that can generate recommendations when provided with a Letterboxd username

pittsburgh-steps. A short visual ode to Pittsburgh's many outdoor steps, using data from WPRDC.

cleveland_eviction_mapping. Mapping eviction filings in Cleveland by neighborhood using scraped data from the Cleveland Municipal Court website

nba_origins. Mapping NBA players by country/state of origin since the start of the league

cleveland_eviction_scraper. Scrapes eviction data from the Cleveland Municipal Courts site on evictions using Selenium

2020_campaign_donors. Visualization project based on FEC records with a particular focus on candidate donor overlap and mapping donors to zipcode demographics.

donor_overlap. Visualizes donor overlap between candidates in the 2020 election using FEC data displayed over a couple of node-link diagrams.

philly_police_complaints. Using Philly Open Data Portal data to examine what happens after a complaint is filed against Philly PD/match with other data

language_sounds. Visualizing overlap of sounds (phonemes) between languages, using data from: Wikpedia IPA, UPSID, Phoible

nba_player_movement. Visualization that maps NBA player movement in the 2020-21 offseason/season, triggering signings, trades, waivers, claims, and options on scroll.

book_cover_colors. Simple codebase for extracting colors from book cover images, used as part of a viz project on Observable

river-runner-query-heatmap. Quick/dirty microsite for displaying heatmap of River Runner queries

commuter-mapping. A draft project that uses census LODES data to visualize metro areas based on commuting patterns.

iot_doorbell. Setup old Amazon Dash Button to send texts when pressed. Runs on Raspberry pi, which picks up DHCP requests from the dash button and triggers the send_update function, which texts us using Twilio.

sam_learner_projects. Project Site using Github Pages

svelte-mapbox. MapBox Map and Autocomplete components for Svelte (or Vanilla JS)

next-js-project-site. Very simple portfolio site built with Next.js/React