AlCampetto is a photographic atlas of basketball courts. The images of this collection are geolocated and enriched with other metadata. They document the condition of the municipal courts in the Milan metropolitan area.
In this early stage, contributions are collected exclusively by opening issues or via pull requests on the project's GitHub repository.
I will soon be using Tally to streamline the data collection process.
To contribute, just collect three to five photos in acceptable lighting conditions:
- an overview: a photo taken at eye level from a corner of the court, including both basketball hoops;
- one detailed photo for each basketball hoop;
- (optional) a detail of the surface
- (optional) in the case of restricted access, a photo of the time card displayed by the municipality.
In addition to what stated above, remember to collect:
- geographic coordinates (ideally from the centre of the court);
- address;
- whether the court is fenced;
- whether it is indoors;
- whether it is lit.
Qualitative notes are an integral part of the dataset: a brief comment on the overall condition of the facility, always using neutral language. Even a neglected court remains a resource for the neighbourhood.
The dataset is distributed under a license granting a high degree of freedom, in JSON format and with reference to the Milan metropolitan area.
The data collected for each court is deliberately minimal. There are lots of courts in and around Milan, and the time available for the survey is limited. I designed a collection process that could be completed in less than three minutes.
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