Make Space for Art - Creative Spaces Map

A React application that visualizes arts spaces on an interactive map with filtering, statistics, and data visualization capabilities.

Here is the project introduction page

Features

• Interactive Map: 80% of the screen showing all arts spaces as markers on a Mapbox-powered map
• Metrics Panel: 20% panel displaying statistics, filters, and data visualizations
• City Highlighting: Visual representation of city boundaries from Massachusetts GeoJSON data
• Neighborhood Layers: Neighborhood boundaries for Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville
• Filtering: Dropdown filters for cities and neighborhoods with dynamic neighborhood filtering, and space type filtering
• Data Visualization: Pie charts showing space types
• Marker Interaction: Click markers to view detailed information in popups
• Map Controls: Zoom controls and map style selector

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 19, Vite
• Mapping: react-map-gl, Mapbox GL JS
• Backend: Express.js (for API proxy and secure token management)
• Data Sources: ArcGIS Feature Service, Massachusetts GeoJSON, Neighborhood Feature Services

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Set up environment variables:

   • Create a .env file in the root directory
   • Add your Mapbox access token: VITE_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token_here
   • Get your token from Mapbox
   • Add a Feature Service URL to sync art spaces from Airtable to the map: VITE_FEATURE_SERVICE_UR=the_airtable_synced_map_service_url

   Please search the title .env for make space for art on dashlane for the environment variables

3. Start the development servers:

   Terminal 1 - Backend server:

   npm run dev:server

   Terminal 2 - Frontend development server:

   npm run dev

4. Open your browser to http://localhost:5173

Production Build

1. Build the application:

npm run build

2. Start the production server:

npm start

Deployment

This application is configured for Heroku deployment:

1. Deploy:

git push heroku main

The heroku-postbuild script will automatically build the application before deployment. This is published website link Note: We also set up a custom domain; however, this URL does not currently have an SSL certificate and is only accessible over HTTP (http://makespaceforart.mapc.org/).

Data Sources

The application uses the following data sources:

• Creative Spaces Data: ArcGIS Feature Service containing arts space locations and attributes, and this feature service is synced with art spaces information in the airtable base.
• Massachusetts Boundaries: GeoJSON file with Massachusetts city/town boundaries
• Neighborhood Boundaries: ArcGIS Feature Services for Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville neighborhoods

All data is fetched dynamically and displayed on the interactive map with filtering and visualization capabilities.

Project Structure

├── server.js              # Express backend server
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── Map.jsx          # Main map component
│   │   ├── Map.css
│   │   ├── MetricsPanel.jsx # Statistics and filters panel
│   │   ├── MetricsPanel.css
│   │   ├── DataTable.css    # Data table styles
│   ├── utils/
│   │   └── arcgis.js        # ArcGIS API utilities
│   ├── data/
│   │   └── Massachusetts.geojson
│   ├── App.jsx              # Main app component
│   ├── App.css
│   ├── main.jsx             # Entry point
│   └── index.css            # Global styles
├── public/
│   └── Massachusetts.geojson # Public GeoJSON file
└── Procfile                 # Heroku deployment configuration

Usage

• Filter by City: Select a city from the dropdown to filter spaces and zoom to that city's boundaries
• Filter by Neighborhood: Select a neighborhood (available after selecting a city) to filter spaces
• View Statistics: See total spaces, review states, and space type distribution in the metrics panel
• Interact with Map:
  • Click markers to view detailed information in popups
  • Use zoom controls to navigate the map