BlockIQ
Block IQ is an app where user take a quiz about the attributes of their census block.
The workflow for BlockIQ is as follows:
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The user enters an address, currently only addresses in Philadlephia work
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The app geocodes the address, and uses the FCC Census Block Conversion API (available here:https://www.fcc.gov/general/census-block-conversions-api) to find the FIPS Code corrresponding to the census block of the address using it's longitude and latitude.
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The app uses the FIPS Code to obtain information about the census block from the Census American Community Survey 5 Year API (available here: http://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-survey-5-year-data.html)
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THe app generates a quiz based on the data pulled from this API, and assigns the user a score based on their answers to the quiz.
The HTML and CSS were written by Yi Xu, Peter Herman, Esther Needham, and Yu-Chu Huang with help from Jeff Frankl.
The Javascript was written by Peter Herman, Yi Xu, Esther Needham, and Yu-Chu Huang, with help from Jeff Frankl.
Quiz Questions and Research by Ali Shott and Phillip Pierdomenico.
Future Directions:
-Make the app work for locations outside of Philadlephia (at least the quiz aspect, if not also showing the census block shape)
-Create new questions and sort them into catagories corresponding to different parts of the American Community Survey