Library Map: how generous is your open data?
summary
An interactive Library Map of Australian public library locations, rules and collections maps services across states and territories using a CSV-first workflow and a tech stack of QGIS → GeoJSON → TopoJSON, Leaflet, Mapbox and a small Python merge script. It exposes messy realities: official CSVs are often out of date or replaced by nested shapefile bundles, NSW filters return mixed feature sets, while QLD/ TAS/ SA publish generously. GeoJSON file size reduces from 360 MB to 2.5 MB for web use; data and contributions live on GitHub.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 1:21Library Map
- 1:57Rules Layer
- 3:49Getting the Data
- 6:25Five-Star Rating System for Linked Open Data
- 9:04Generous Approach To Open Data
- 13:55Summary
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