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README to describe data sourcing and maintenance

Open atticoos opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

Congratulations, I found you on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/h7q18l/brutalityvisualizer_an_interactive_heatmap

I’m interested in using your API, but before I commit to a data source, I like to understand where the data comes from and how often it is updated.

Kindly, would you mind adding some details to your README? This will go a long way for others like myself interested in using your service! Thank you!

atticoos avatar Jun 13 '20 01:06 atticoos

Hello,

The incident data is sourced from volunteers on the 2020PoliceBrutality subreddit. It’s updated quite frequently, and will be maintained indefinitely.

I’ve aggregated some videos directly from social media posts, and the legislators data comes from propublica.

Does this help? If you have any other questions let me know! I’ll gladly update the readme upon receiving your confirmation.

MikeCraig418 avatar Jun 13 '20 02:06 MikeCraig418

Yes, thanks!

atticoos avatar Jun 13 '20 16:06 atticoos