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Vancouver Open Data Catalogue: Graffiti Site Data

Feb 14th, 2010
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Just a quick note that in the second beta version of the Vancouver (BC) Open Data Catalogue, the city has released data on the location of “graffiti sites” — described as locations with “graffiti as identified by City staff”, along with information on the “number of graffiti incidents [at these sites].”1

I may try to do something with this data at the next Vancouver Open Data Hackathon I attend. If I do, I will post what I come up with either here on Graffiti Near Me or at marcusebarnes.com.

The data is currently available as DWG, SHP, and KML formats. I’m excited about the last format because it means I can more easily use the data with the Google Maps API (both JavaScript and Flash) and with Google Earth. For more information on the data set and how you can get your hands on it, please visit the Vancouver Open Data Catalogue Graffiti Site Data page.

QUESTION: Do you know of any other cities with open data about their “graffiti incidents”? If so, please share links to pages with more information in the comments section of this post.

References
  1. Data catalogue: Graffiti site data http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/graffitiSites.htm Accessed February 14, 2010.

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Mural & Graffiti Art Panels along Central Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Part 8

Jan 5th, 2010
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Date: Early November 2009.

Location: The back wall of an industrial/commercial building along Central Street, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada (between Station Street and Western Street). Google Maps has a nice Street View showing the location and the panels. Central Street is just a 5 minutes walk south from the Main Street Skytrain Station.

Photo Credit: Marcus Emmanuel Barnes of marcusebarnes.com and Cartoon And Animation blog.

Misc. Notes: This is the eighth part of a series of approximately 25 photographs of the mural and graffiti art panels along Central Street in Vancouver I plan on posting here on Graffiti Near Me. From some of the other panels where the artists tagged their own work, it seems these panels went up around 2007. This mural depicts dark vibrant blue graffiti text overlooking the city-scape of buildings with the beautiful North Shore mountain skyline in the distance. I am unable to descipher the graffiti text, but it appears similar to the artist’s tag in the lower right corner of the photograph – if you can make out what it says, please share in the comments section of this post. If anyone has information about this particular panel, please also share your thoughts. As always, I’d be totally cool if the artist could make some comments about this work.

Technical Notes: The photograph was taken with an Olympus Stylus 300 digital camera (a point-and-click). (Check out cameras and photography equipment on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca.)

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Interesting Tag on Canada Post Mail Transit Box at Rupurt and 27th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jul 14th, 2009
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Interesting Tag on the Canada Post Mail Transit Box at Rupurt Street and East 27th Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Interesting Tag on the Canada Post Mail Transit Box at Rupurt Street and East 27th Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Date + Time: Was visible on Friday, July 10, 2009. Approximately 6:30PM.

Location: South East Corner of Rupert Street and East 27ht Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Was on a gray Canada post Mail transit box.

Photo Credit: Marcus Emmanuel Barnes of marcusebarnes.com.

Description (Keywords): Tag, black marker, post box.

Misc. Notes: This tag will likely be removed pretty soon. Tags on Canada Post property don’t have a long life-time. So if you want to go see this tag in person, you should go soon.

Technical Notes: Photo taken with an Olympus Stylus 300 digital camera (a point-and-click).

This is the first tag to appear on GraffitiNearMe.com. Many tags are actually very interesting from a typographical and artistic point of view. I’m usually pretty bad at figuring out exactly how the tags read. If you have some ideas on how to read this particular tag, please share your ideas below in the comments section. If you come across other interesting tags, please take a photograph and submit it to GraffitiNearMe.

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