What is the Equitable Mapping Design Challenge / Project Great Dane about?

How might we enable data-driven storytelling to drive change in a community, through equitable mapping?

The goal of the Equity Maps project is to empower developers, designers, data scientists, and community members to propose topics and important issues that tells a story based on data and research.

By leveraging publicly available datasets, we aim to develop a platform that help New Yorkers engage with data, make informed decisions, and provide supporting evidence to highlight existing issues that affect their communities.

We’re partnering with mentors from Data + Women to support teams in ideating on the map, and the winning team gets to win $500 to continue the work for 2 more weeks.

Proposed Schedule:

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Judges to be introduced, join the Pitch Demo at 4pm.

Tabulate and finalize scores starting at 4:45

Announce winners at 5pm

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Judging Scorecard:

Each presenter will have 10 minutes to present, followed by 3 minutes of feedback.

Projects will be scored out of 50 points total, based on the following five criteria:

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Link to Judges Scorecard:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E336ne9OqFe6dQMaXLpS6OF7o_68kQORhzq4FPGYskI/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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Criteria Overview:

1. Data-Driven Analysis & Research (10 points)

• Did the presenter demonstrate strong analytical thinking?
• Was the project clearly informed and inspired by data-driven research?

2. Topic Relevance (10 points)

• Why does this problem matter right now?
• Who is most impacted by this issue, and why is it urgent or timely?

3. Product Effectiveness & Scalability (10 points)

• Does the idea effectively address the identified problem?
• Can it be scaled or adapted to serve different communities or broader contexts?