ScienceCity
From MashupCamp
Competition 2: ScienceCITY Model Maker
The second competition involves a first-cut exploration of real world data, focusing on the area around the MashupCamp competition itself. The objective is to demonstrate an application that returns a map, showing information useful to different groups of peoples interested in locating in an area.
Using parcel-level data of Cambridge around the Hotel@MIT, should propose creative visualizations that render social networking opportunities, resource accessibility, housing costs and other dimension of daily life. These scenarios should be considered from at least one of the following perspectives:
- An entrepreneur interested in starting a company on a site close to a research university
- A candidate considering an application to attend a research university in the area
- Graduating talent considering where to take a job
For each scenario, participants should create a map that displays information relevant to each scenario, bringing together data such as:
- Lot size, building footprints and building heights, etc.
- Land value
- Zoning provisions
- Proximity to universities, mass transit, restaurants and other amenities, etc.
- Apartment rents and home ownership costs
Participants should also combine this with other relevant data from the web and their own ideas as they see fit to create attractive and informative maps as possible in the time available.
For overall information about the FutureBOSTON competitions at MashupCamp, be sure to check out the Competition Announcement and Rules.
For information on the first of the two competitions, see the wiki page on the Innovation Landscape competition.
