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A data visualization that lets you explore crime trends in Chicago's 50 wards. Built using open crime report data from the Chicago Police Department.

License: MIT License

Ruby 15.20% JavaScript 56.85% CSS 27.95%

crime-in-chicago's Introduction

Crime In Chicago Cedar¶ ↑

Showcase crime statistics for the city of Chicago

Requirements¶ ↑

Sinatra Postgres Memcache

Starting¶ ↑

Clone the git repository

> git clone [email protected]:open-city/crime-in-chicago.git

Install all gems necessary
```
> gem install bundler
> bundle install
```

Set up database

> pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l logfile start
starts postgres

> rake db:setup_from_scratch
downloads file from City of Chicago Data Portal (~1.3Gb)
sets up database and runs import from downloaded file (~20-30 minutes)

Setup and start memcached

> brew install memcached (for OS X, other OS's will need to install manually)
> memcached &

Start application server

> unicorn
navigate to http://localhost:8080

Contributing to Crime in Chicago¶ ↑

Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn’t been implemented or the bug hasn’t been
Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn’t requested it and/or contributed it
Fork the project
Start a feature/bugfix branch
Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentio
Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version