Geospatial Mapping

In theory, plotting a million little points in close proximity should simulate the lines of the streets of New York City.

It is pretty easy to scrape Facebook Posts data and make into a spreadsheet for easy analysis, although there are a large number of gotchas.

I downloaded hundreds of thousands of #tree images and found 25,432 images which were taken on Christmas, have a #tree, and, most importantly, contain location data where the photo was taken.

Which types of student characteristics lead to the best performance in online classes? That depends on how you define “performance.”

With the data on approximately 8,000 Facebook Places in San Francisco, we can map where San Franciscans are checking-in, and determine what types of locations they like to visit.