On Saturday, June 4th, NYC Parks will unveil NYC’s latest urban forest dataset, the most spatially accurate map of New York City’s street trees. Join NYC Parks, TreesCount! partners, tree care volunteers, and other civic hackers to learn about your urban forest and what impact street trees have on our daily lives.

For a limited number of attendants, they are offering a six-hour long workshop. This will provide participants an introduction to NYC’s open data portal and a hands-on tutorial on the TreesCount! Census data. This workshop is recommended to first time hackers who seek a guided experience.

RSVP here.

NYC Parks needs data scientists, statisticians, developers, designers, visualizers, cartographers, and quants to help them improve their understanding of and plan for the future our City’s urban forest!

Whether you are new to data jamming or an experienced pro, they need your expertise.

The Data Jam goals and challenges:

• NYC Parks seeks to build connections between civic technology volunteers and tree-oriented community groups interested in improving and expanding urban forest care.
• Use these connections to explore user friendly tools that support community advocacy for neighborhood trees.
• Leverage community generated insights for greater public engagement, healthier trees, and greener streets in all neighborhoods.