Below are a bunch of small projects that I made to play around with real data. They are based on a combination of interest in the topics and the joy of playing with technology. The data come from publicly available sources like the Federal Statistical Office, Wikipedia, or NGO Abgeordnetenwatch.de. Mine has been the idea to implement these visualizations. See the Contact page to get in touch.
Police Crime Statistics (PKS)
On a yearly basis, the official crime statistics (PKS) publishes figures on a range of offences registered by the different German police bodies. The system has some drawbacks on account of there being no scientific (or at least civil) control over the data collection methods. However, with this aspect in mind, and with a measure of caution, some observations can be enriched with numbers here, for instance effects from changes in laws around resistance against police officers.
Glasspod: In-Depth Analysis of Podcasts
There are many podcast analysis apps, but they usually serve to provide authors with statistics about their listeners. Glasspod takes a different approach: It transcribes and indexes the content of podcasts and makes them searchable, both at the text- and the semantic level by integrating language models. In this way, podcasts become transparent as a source of information or subject of inquiry.
Train ranger: How far can you get in an hour?
How well connected is the train or bus stop we're looking at? How far can you get in 15, 30, 60 minutes? This interactive map shows all public transport stops around a given location and shows how long it takes to get there. A fun little tool for those who consider moving to the more peripheral neighborhoods and ask: How much of a commute is it?