Mapping for impact: Scaling social good with DataKind and Mapbox
summary
DataKind standardizes a React front end on Laravel and uses Mapbox to turn prototypes into production: a CLI-born FEAT web dashboard now serves journalists and county staff, replacing Census Tiger GeoJSON pulls with Mapbox Boundaries vector tiles for a huge frontend performance boost; a United Way 211 resource-equity map shows EBT locations with 15‑minute isochrones for callers; and Ladder accepts user uploads, overlays ACS and health indicators, and enables targeted geographic interventions.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:04About DataKind and mission
- 3:14Evolution to product-driven work
- 6:49Standardizing the tech stack
- 7:11Demo: Foreclosure eviction tool
- 10:25Building the FEAT dashboard
- 12:35Mapbox performance benefits
- 14:44Demo: Resource equity map
- 16:07How the map works
- 19:28Demo: Ladder food access tool
- 20:51Importing custom data
- 22:20Future of Mapbox at DataKind
- 23:02Q&A session
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