Building Projects with Data

Ways you may find data…

• Find existing examples of data sets that are already out there

How?

• Data could come in a variety of formats. Standardized formats are most helpful
  • CSV : Comma Separated Values
  • XML
  • JSON : Javascript Object Notation
  • Text File
  • PDF : Portable Document Format
  • Web Page
• Services online that provide data to people. Typically they use an API and many of them will return data in a JSON format
  • API : Application Programming Interface
  • Some APIs may require an account or a key. Some APIs charge for usage.

Examples of Art with APIs

Adnan Aga’s ITP Thesis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKf4LaZ3ARU

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/this-massive-nose-sniffs-things-then-prints-a-description-of-the-smell/

NYC Subway API wallart

https://www.fastcompany.com/91163293/you-can-watch-your-citys-trains-move-around-in-real-time-with-this-fun-piece-of-wall-art

More Subway Data