The Geospatial Critical Infrastructure and Census Data Stockpile Tool (GeoCricket) is a collection of functions that collect critical infrastructure and Census data for use in ReNCAT, QGIS Social Burden Calculator, or can act to infrom other place based work.
Current available servers:
- TigerWeb (Census Geometry)
- TigerWeb (ACS statistics)
- HIFLD (Infrastructure)
Current supported output file types:
- shp
- gpkg
- kml
- csv
Due to GeoCricket's reliance on external sources that may change location or availability over time, parts of this package may break as those elements are changed remotely.
Starting with any GeoPandas readable format, census geometry and statistics, and HIFLD critical infrastructure can be collected.
The install described utilizes an anaconda virtual environment, and may not be applicable to all situations, but has been known to work.
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Process seems to go smoother help if 'installation' console/terminal window is opened in administrator mode.
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VPNs have also been known to cause installation issues.
- Create new anaconda environment:
conda create -n <ENV NAME>
conda activate <ENV NAME>
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Execute
conda install pipfrom new environment for simple intialization of python. -
Execute
pip install -e .from main repo directory to install package and allow modifications to be applied to the code without re-installation.
Note: If there are issues with packages not matching
hashes in 'the requirements file', Execute python -m pip cache purge
and try to install again.
- Execute
conda install ipykernelso that Jupyter Notebook demos can run.
Demos located in the demo folder.
Census API keys available here: https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html
Ideally, a single polygon describing an area of interest is passed into a single function that then outputs all collected data in usable file formats.
Created by Thad Haines - jthaine@sandia.gov.
Open and ongoing.
Package / setup.py / gitignore adapted from Will Vining.
Utilizes the restapi package from https://github.com/Bolton-and-Menk-GIS/restapi
and the simplekml package https://simplekml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
The Department of Energy (DOE), by memo dated 05/28/2024, has granted National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) permission to assert its copyright in software entitled " GeoCricket " and deemed the software to be Publicly Available.
No additional funding exists for this work.