How did they get to Carnegie Hall? By Nathan (Nate) Day and Kurtis Pivert
Submission for the Shiny Contest 2020.
“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Musicians would tell you it isn’t a cab to 57th and 7th but “Practice, Practice, Practice.” This Shiny dashboard demonstrates how far each the >8000 individual performers traveled in order to grace the stage at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Using data from the Carnegie Hall Database, users can explore performers by their continent of birth, search the table to find a specific performer and learn more about their journey through available resources. This Shiny dashboard uses an interactive plotly map to filter data on >8000 musicians, conductors, singers, dancers, and even ventriloquists who have performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall over its 129-year history. The application uses the mapdeck package to harness the power of the deck.gl JavaScript library for developing stunning interactive GIS visualizations.
Resources Used in App Development
- Carnegie Hall Linked Data
- Carnegie Hall Query Builder
- Resources for Learning SPARQL
- Apache Jena Tutorial
- Presentation: Joins in SPARQL by Andrew Oldag