Find additional data and APIs for New York City on NYC Open Data, the City's central data store. Opening data to the public and developers is an important part of DOT. The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval worlds. DARMC allows innovative spatial and temporal analyses of all aspects of the civilizations of western Eurasia in the first 1500 years of our era, as.
When all is said and done, time is just a dimension for scheduling. 'Hours' are not relative to the local diurnal cycle since this varies annually even for a given location. It would make things immensely simpler if everyone used Sidereal time in seconds, kiloseconds, megaseconds etc.
A kSec is about 17 minutes which is a very human chunk of time. A day is roughly 86.4kSec. It's not an even number, but so what? No day is ever exactly the same length as the one before because the spinning of the planet is slowing.
– May 30 '12 at 0:45. I looked fairly deeply into this question for a project I am working on. GeoNames.org and EarthTools.com are both good options for many situations but with the following serious flaws:. GeoNames.org finds the time zone by searching for the nearest point in their database that contains a time zone field. This often leads to the wrong result near borders.
It is also painfully slow, leading to query times on the order of a couple seconds per request. It also doesn't return a valid time zone if there is no item in their database near the query point.
GeoNames also restricts the number of queries that can be made per day, making bulk operations difficult. EarthTools.org uses a map and is able to return queries quickly, but it doesn't take into account daylight savings time for most locations, and it returns a raw offset rather than a time zone ID (i.e., they return 'GMT-7' instead of 'America/Chicago'). Also, I just looked at their page while preparing this post and Google Chrome warned about malware on their site. That is new to me and it may change, but is obviously a cause for concern. These flaws meant that these existing tools were not suitable for my needs so I rolled my own solution and have published it for general use. You can find it here: AskGeo is based on a time zone map of the world, so it returns a valid time zone for every valid latitude and longitude.
It returns the standard time zone ID (e.g., 'America/LosAngeles') used on Linux and most other operating systems and programming frameworks. It also returns the current offset, taking full account of daylight savings time. It is extremely easy to use and usage is documented on the main page of the site. The API supports batch queries, so if you need to do a lot of look-ups, please use the batch interface rather than bog down our servers with serial requests. The bulk queries are also much faster, so everybody wins.
When we first launched this, we built it on Google App Engine (GAE) and made it free to all users. This was possible because GAE's prices were so low at that time. Since then, our server load has increased substantially and GAE's prices went way up.
Both factors combined led us to switch to Amazon Web Services for hosting and to start charging for commercial use, while keeping the service free for non-profit, non-commercial open source projects, and researchers. For commercial users, we provide 1000 free queries to let potential customers evaluate the API to make sure it meets their needs.
See the web site for pricing and terms. The underlying library was written in Java and due to popular demand, we also released the library under a commercial license.
Full documentation of the library and pricing details are on the web site. I hope this is useful. It certainly was useful for the project I was working on.
Data Feeds. Open Data Find additional data and APIs for New York City on, the City's central data store. Opening data to the public and developers is an important part of DOT's online initiatives.
Read more from DOT Open Data Access Meetings: – April 1, 2015 Vision Zero The is an interactive tool that shows detailed information on traffic injury and fatality crashes in New York City, and highlights how the city is responding every day to make our streets safer. The map displays crash types, dates and locations and highlights Vision Zero initiatives such as Arterial Slow Zones, planning workshops and expanded traffic enforcement, major safety projects, as well as other long running safety programs.
The data used in the map is available in the links below (see the online map for more information about the data creation and sources). Traffic Advisories As part of its Citywide traffic improvement program, the New York City Department of Transportation compiles lists of areas where major street construction or street events will impede the normal flow of traffic. Schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather or emergencies. DOT issues a weekly traffic alert, providing the locations of road construction and events where lane and street closings will affect the flow of traffic.
Lane closings may also occur due to circumstances beyond our control. DOT issues a weekly alert providing the locations where street construction or street events will impede the normal flow of traffic this weekend. DOT issues a list of areas where major street construction or street events will impede the normal flow of traffic. These activities tend to be larger in scale or last longer than the activities listed in the Weekly Traffic Updates.
Street Construction DOT issues a list of streets where crews will be doing milling or resurfacing work each week. Milling is the process of grinding off the top layer of asphalt or surface of a roadway. Milling is the process of grinding off the top layer of asphalt or surface of a roadway, and is usually done in preparation for paving. Resurfacing is the process of placing an asphalt overlay on a roadway, whether or not it has been milled. These lists are shared with Community Boards, local police precincts and other stakeholders via e-mail and posted on DOT's website.
Street Pothole Work Orders – Closed A pothole is a hole in the street with a circular or ovular shape and a definable bottom. The bottom may be the concrete roadway base and may be partially filled with mud, dirt, or loose gravel. Condition does not look manmade and usually is not sitting in an area of collapse. To be ‘actionable’ the pothole should be at least one foot in diameter and three inches deep. The Street Pothole Work Orders data consists of closed street potholes inspected and repaired by DOT. The dataset includes a pothole’s location, the date it was reported, and date the report was completed. Street Assessment/Street Pavement Ratings The New York City Department of Transportation is responsible for keeping the City's streets in good repair.
The Agency performs ongoing assessment of New York City streets. Ratings are based on a scale from 1 to 10, and results are grouped in the following categories: Good (%) - ratings of 8 to 10, Fair (%) - ratings of 4 to 7, and Poor (%) - ratings of 1 to 3. This data will allow you to create a map. Protected Streets A Protected Street is a street segment or intersection that has been resurfaced or reconstructed within the last five years. No street openings are allowed on protected streets, except for emergency work or as authorized by the Commissioner. Future Protected Streets included streets that will soon be entered on the Protected Streets list because of active or planned projects.
This listing can be used for scheduling street work for segments and intersections that will soon be resurfaced. NYC DOT 10 Year Street Reconstruction Capital Plan The New York City Street Reconstruction 10 Year Capital Plan identifies capital street projects funded from fiscal years 2015 to 2025, created by the New York City Department of Transportation. DOT capital street projects are major street construction projects, often including full reconstruction of the sewer pipes, the roadbed, and sidewalks. Capital projects require detailed surveys and design, and increased inter-agency coordination and approvals.
They are essential to keeping the City’s infrastructure in a state of good repair. Intersection data in, Blocks data in, Highways Adopt-a-Highway Service Ratings DOT offers an Adopt-a-Highway program, which allows individuals, companies or organizations to ensure clean and beautiful roadways. The Adopt-a-Highway Service Rating is a service task evaluation conducted by the Adopt-a-Highway staff of DOT. Service tasks include litter removal, mechanical sweeping and beautification and can vary by segment. DOT sets both the service (task) for the adopted segment and the level of service (i.e., frequency) to be provided by the contractor. Bicycles DOT provides information about locations of the City's outdoor bicycle racks and the NYC Cycling Map developer-friendly formats.
DOT encourages developers who use this data to create maps or applications to contact. Bike Parking DOT provides throughout the five boroughs. NYC Cycling Map The New York City Cycling Map is an annual free publication of DOT. Over 375,000 are distributed annually at bicycle shops, libraries, and schools. DOT also distributes geodata of NYC bike routes.
Bike Share NYC Bike Share operates Citi Bike program and generates data regarding the program, including trip records, a real time feed of station status and monthly reports. The Citi Bike program data is exclusively generated by the operator NYC Bike Share, a limited liability corporation solely owned by Motivate. The City of New York does not generate, produce or endorse the Citi Bike program data, and disclaims any liability for the contents contained therein. Bicycle Network Connectivity DOT conducts regular bike counts, which are summarized in, an update on cycling trends in New York City that was released in May 2016. Bike count data is available for the East River bridges and Midtown. Public Space CityBench is an initiative to increase the amount of public seating on New York City’s streets. DOT installs attractive and durable benches around the city, particularly at bus stops, retail corridors, and in areas with high concentrations of senior citizens.
Pedestrians Bi-Annual Pedestrian Counts An index of pedestrian volumes tracking the long-term trends of neighborhood commercial corridors. Data is collected at 114 locations, including 100 on-street locations (primarily retail corridors), 13 East River and Harlem River bridge locations, and the Hudson River Greenway. Screenline sampling is conducted during May and September on the sidewalk, mid-block (or mid-bridge) on both sides of street where applicable. Pedestrian volumes at 50 sample locations around the City are combined to create the Pedestrian Volume Index for the Mayor’s Management Report.
Staten Island Ferry The carries over 22 million passengers a year between St. George Terminal in Staten Island and Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan.
On a typical workday, the ferry makes 109 trips. This (GTFS) dataset includes information about the ferry terminal, and all scheduled weekday, weekend and holiday trips. The ferry's schedule may be adjusted due to heavy weather or low visibility. Adjustments are announced by and in. Parking Alternate Side Parking The City suspends alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations, for both street cleaning purposes and traffic flow, on the 34 legal and religious holidays. This includes suspension of street cleaning regulations at metered spaces.
This policy is implemented jointly by the Department of Transportation,the Department of Sanitation, and the Police Department. On major legal holidays, No Stopping, No Standing, and No Parking regulations are suspended, except where those regulations are normally in effect seven days a week. On all other holidays, only Street Cleaning Rules are suspended.
All other regulations remain in effect. Parking meter regulations will be suspended on major legal holidays. Parking Regulations The DOT manages over one million traffic signs in New York City. DOT's allows you to find the parking regulations on any block in the city. DOT distributes the data that underlies the search tool in shapefile format.
The file includes the location and a description of parking signs throughout the city, and is updated monthly. Bridges Citywide Low Bridges Trucks and commercial vehicles cannot travel on most Parkways. There are several hundred low vertical clearance structures in New York City including elevated rail lines, tunnels, bridges, highway ramps, buildings over highways and other obstructions. DOT has prepared maps of low vertical clearances on the limited access highway system, which you can download below. Bridge Ratings DOT owns, operates, and maintains bridges and tunnels throughout New York (some bridges in NYC are operated by other agencies).
This data provides information and condition of bridges in New York. DOT also conducts studies and compiles rating and statistics for the bridges and publishes a Bridge and Tunnel Condition Report annually. New York City Truck Routes New York City has over 1,000 miles of truck routes. These data sets contain the centerlines of through and local truck routes, and were created from, the City's base map of streets.
Real-Time Data Real-Time Traffic Cameras DOT maintains a. The cameras themselves belong to various city and state agencies and are clearly branded on the map.
Developers wishing to access the cameras' data feed should contact DOT. Developers must sign a data-sharing agreement. Real-Time Traffic Speed Data The TMC maintains a map of traffic speed detectors throughout the City.
The speed detector themselves belong to various city and state agencies. The is available on the DOT's website. This data feed contains 'real-time' traffic information from locations where DOT picks up sensor feeds within the five boroughs, mostly on major arterials and highways. DOT uses this information for emergency response and management. The metadata defines the fields available in this data feed and explains more about the data. Disclaimer Please include the following disclaimer when you utilize any DOT data in any retransmission or application This application may contain and/or utilize information which was originally compiled by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) for governmental purposes; the information may subsequently been modified by entity/entities other than DOT. DOT and the City of New York make no representation as to the accuracy or usefulness of the information provided by this application or the information's suitability for any purpose and disclaim any liability for omissions or errors that may be contained therein.
The public is advised to observe posted signage for compliance with applicable laws and regulations.