DEMO: Using the Socrata developer platform to map county-level COVID data using federal dataset APIs

This presentation demonstrates use of the Socrata Developer Platform and the U.S. Census API for mapping COVID-19 risk at skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. based on county-level COVID transmission nearby.

Learning resources:

• Documentation for tidycensus package: https://walker-data.com/tidycensus/
• Online book on tidycensus, "Analyzing U.S. Census Data" by Kyle Walker (highly recommend!): https://walker-data.com/census-r/index.html
• Documentation for Socrata dataset: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cdc.gov/3nnm-4jni

R packages used:

• tidyverse for importing, cleaning, and manipulating data
• tidycensus for accessing the Census API and getting Census variables
• RSocrata for accessing the Socrata platform housing the CDC's COVID-19 county-level data
• mapview for simple mapping