Use Cases

• Visualizing wealth by neighborhood; similar to the images here: http://jubileefarm.blogspot.com/2008/04/todays-world.html
• GPS accurate maps of all public trails (hiking, biking, walking, etc) - find the fastest way to walk or bike to work - promote healthy living
• Votes by elected official
• What neighborhood has increased/decreased in value the most
• Which neighborhoods send kids to public vs private schools
• Which neighborhoods have jobs inside the city vs outside the city
• Which neighborhoods are food deserts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert)
• What's the most walkable neighborhood (defined by percentage of roadways that have sidewalks)
• Bumpiest roads in Richmond?
• Active or planned utility work (or anything that tears up the road, could help with commute planning)?
• Age of road surface (how long has it been since each road segment was resurfaced)
• Vacant buildings per neighborhood
• Rental properties per neighborhood
• College students per neighborhood
• Registered voters per neighborhood
• Density per neighborhood
• Maintenance cost per neighborhood (how much does it cost to keep the grass cut, the streets clean, the snow plowed, etc...)
• Electricity bill per neighborhood (how much does it cost the city to power street lights and traffic signals)
• "Another use I make of assessment data is to make sure that the bank that holds my mortgage/escrow on my house is paying the property tax on my house. I found out that they took money out of my escrow account a good 3 months ago, but the assessor's website didn't reflect a payment until just a week ago (and it's due at the end of the month). If this data was more easily accessible, someone could set up a property tax monitoring / reminder service to help people so that they don't miss any property tax payments