2018 Central Park Squirrel Census - Squirrel Data

vfnx-vebwEnvironment36 columns

The Squirrel Census (https://www.thesquirrelcensus.com/) is a multimedia science, design, and storytelling project focusing on the Eastern gray (Sciurus carolinensis). They count squirrels and present their findings to the public. This table contains squirrel data for each of the 3,023 sightings, including location coordinates, age, primary and secondary fur color, elevation, activities, communications, and interactions between squirrels and with humans.

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Quality

C79.8 / 100

From a 500-row sample across 35 columns.

completeness89/ 25% weight

consistency89/ 20% weight

accuracy100/ 20% weight

timeliness0/ 15% weight

usability100/ 20% weight

· Has coordinates — directly mappable, and joinable to other NYC datasets

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Geography

Mappable — Socrata point column `geocoded_column`.

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Sample rows

x	y	unique_squirrel_id	hectare	shift	date	hectare_squirrel_number	combination_of_primary_and	running	chasing	climbing	eating
-73.9561344937861	40.7940823884086	37F-PM-1014-03	37F	PM	10142018	3	+	false	false	false	false
-73.9688574691102	40.7837825208444

Columns

31 queryable · 31 profiled

The machine field names SoQL needs, with the publisher's own description of each.

Field	Type	Description	Null	Values
`x`	float	Longitude coordinate for squirrel sighting point	0%	`-73.9573119777312-73.9742010726136-73.9765867029226`
`y`	float	Latitude coordinate for squirrel sighting point	0%	`40.789959935014540.794388908712340.7686351097159`
`unique_squirrel_id`	text	Identification tag for each squirrel sightings. The tag is comprised of "Hectare ID" + "Shift" + "Date" + "Hectare Squirrel Number."	0%	`37E-PM-1006-034C-PM-1010-051F-AM-1010-04`
`hectare`	text	ID tag, which is derived from the hectare grid used to divide and count the park area. One axis that runs predominantly north-to-south is numerical (1-42), and the axis that runs predominantly east-to-west is roman characters (A-I).

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