NYC Taxi Rides
Pickup and dropoff points for 1M NYC taxi rides on Jan 1-3, 2010. This example projects lon/lat coordinates in the database upon load. Select a region in one plot to filter the other. What spatial patterns can you find? Requires the DuckDB spatial extension.
You may need to wait a few seconds for the dataset to load.
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Specification
js
import * as vg from "@uwdata/vgplot";
await vg.coordinator().exec([
vg.loadExtension("spatial"),
vg.loadParquet("rides", "https://uwdata.github.io/mosaic-datasets/data/nyc-rides-2010.parquet", {
select: [
"pickup_datetime::TIMESTAMP AS datetime",
"ST_Transform(ST_Point(pickup_latitude, pickup_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS pick",
"ST_Transform(ST_Point(dropoff_latitude, dropoff_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS drop"
]
}),
`CREATE TEMP TABLE IF NOT EXISTS trips AS SELECT
(HOUR(datetime) + MINUTE(datetime)/60) AS time,
ST_X(pick) AS px, ST_Y(pick) AS py,
ST_X(drop) AS dx, ST_Y(drop) AS dy
FROM rides`
]);
const $filter = vg.Selection.crossfilter();
export default vg.vconcat(
vg.hconcat(
vg.plot(
vg.raster(
vg.from("trips", {filterBy: $filter}),
{x: "px", y: "py", bandwidth: 0}
),
vg.intervalXY({as: $filter}),
vg.text(
[{label: "Taxi Pickups"}],
{
dx: 10,
dy: 10,
text: "label",
fill: "black",
fontSize: "1.2em",
frameAnchor: "top-left"
}
),
vg.width(335),
vg.height(550),
vg.margin(0),
vg.xAxis(null),
vg.yAxis(null),
vg.xDomain([975000, 1005000]),
vg.yDomain([190000, 240000]),
vg.colorScale("symlog"),
vg.colorScheme("blues")
),
vg.hspace(10),
vg.plot(
vg.raster(
vg.from("trips", {filterBy: $filter}),
{x: "dx", y: "dy", bandwidth: 0}
),
vg.intervalXY({as: $filter}),
vg.text(
[{label: "Taxi Dropoffs"}],
{
dx: 10,
dy: 10,
text: "label",
fill: "black",
fontSize: "1.2em",
frameAnchor: "top-left"
}
),
vg.width(335),
vg.height(550),
vg.margin(0),
vg.xAxis(null),
vg.yAxis(null),
vg.xDomain([975000, 1005000]),
vg.yDomain([190000, 240000]),
vg.colorScale("symlog"),
vg.colorScheme("oranges")
)
),
vg.vspace(10),
vg.plot(
vg.rectY(
vg.from("trips"),
{x: vg.bin("time"), y: vg.count(), fill: "steelblue", inset: 0.5}
),
vg.intervalX({as: $filter}),
vg.yTickFormat("s"),
vg.xLabel("Pickup Hour →"),
vg.width(680),
vg.height(100)
)
);yaml
meta:
title: NYC Taxi Rides
description: |
Pickup and dropoff points for 1M NYC taxi rides on Jan 1-3, 2010.
This example projects lon/lat coordinates in the database upon load.
Select a region in one plot to filter the other.
What spatial patterns can you find?
Requires the DuckDB `spatial` extension.
_You may need to wait a few seconds for the dataset to load._
config:
extensions: spatial
data:
rides:
file: https://uwdata.github.io/mosaic-datasets/data/nyc-rides-2010.parquet
select:
- pickup_datetime::TIMESTAMP AS datetime
- ST_Transform(ST_Point(pickup_latitude, pickup_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS pick
- ST_Transform(ST_Point(dropoff_latitude, dropoff_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS drop
trips: >
SELECT
(HOUR(datetime) + MINUTE(datetime)/60) AS time,
ST_X(pick) AS px, ST_Y(pick) AS py,
ST_X(drop) AS dx, ST_Y(drop) AS dy
FROM rides
params:
filter: { select: crossfilter }
vconcat:
- hconcat:
- plot:
- mark: raster
data: { from: trips, filterBy: $filter }
x: px
y: py
bandwidth: 0
- select: intervalXY
as: $filter
- mark: text
data: [{ label: Taxi Pickups }]
dx: 10
dy: 10
text: label
fill: black
fontSize: 1.2em
frameAnchor: top-left
width: 335
height: 550
margin: 0
xAxis: null
yAxis: null
xDomain: [9.75e5, 1.005e6]
yDomain: [1.9e5, 2.4e5]
colorScale: symlog
colorScheme: blues
- hspace: 10
- plot:
- mark: raster
data: { from: trips, filterBy: $filter }
x: dx
y: dy
bandwidth: 0
- select: intervalXY
as: $filter
- mark: text
data: [{ label: Taxi Dropoffs }]
dx: 10
dy: 10
text: label
fill: black
fontSize: 1.2em
frameAnchor: top-left
width: 335
height: 550
margin: 0
xAxis: null
yAxis: null
xDomain: [9.75e5, 1.005e6]
yDomain: [1.9e5, 2.4e5]
colorScale: symlog
colorScheme: oranges
- vspace: 10
- plot:
- mark: rectY
data: { from: trips }
x: { bin: time }
y: { count: }
fill: steelblue
inset: 0.5
- select: intervalX
as: $filter
yTickFormat: s
xLabel: Pickup Hour →
width: 680
height: 100json
{
"meta": {
"title": "NYC Taxi Rides",
"description": "Pickup and dropoff points for 1M NYC taxi rides on Jan 1-3, 2010.\nThis example projects lon/lat coordinates in the database upon load.\nSelect a region in one plot to filter the other.\nWhat spatial patterns can you find?\nRequires the DuckDB `spatial` extension.\n\n_You may need to wait a few seconds for the dataset to load._\n"
},
"config": {
"extensions": "spatial"
},
"data": {
"rides": {
"file": "https://uwdata.github.io/mosaic-datasets/data/nyc-rides-2010.parquet",
"select": [
"pickup_datetime::TIMESTAMP AS datetime",
"ST_Transform(ST_Point(pickup_latitude, pickup_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS pick",
"ST_Transform(ST_Point(dropoff_latitude, dropoff_longitude), 'EPSG:4326', 'ESRI:102718') AS drop"
]
},
"trips": "SELECT\n (HOUR(datetime) + MINUTE(datetime)/60) AS time,\n ST_X(pick) AS px, ST_Y(pick) AS py,\n ST_X(drop) AS dx, ST_Y(drop) AS dy\nFROM rides\n"
},
"params": {
"filter": {
"select": "crossfilter"
}
},
"vconcat": [
{
"hconcat": [
{
"plot": [
{
"mark": "raster",
"data": {
"from": "trips",
"filterBy": "$filter"
},
"x": "px",
"y": "py",
"bandwidth": 0
},
{
"select": "intervalXY",
"as": "$filter"
},
{
"mark": "text",
"data": [
{
"label": "Taxi Pickups"
}
],
"dx": 10,
"dy": 10,
"text": "label",
"fill": "black",
"fontSize": "1.2em",
"frameAnchor": "top-left"
}
],
"width": 335,
"height": 550,
"margin": 0,
"xAxis": null,
"yAxis": null,
"xDomain": [
975000,
1005000
],
"yDomain": [
190000,
240000
],
"colorScale": "symlog",
"colorScheme": "blues"
},
{
"hspace": 10
},
{
"plot": [
{
"mark": "raster",
"data": {
"from": "trips",
"filterBy": "$filter"
},
"x": "dx",
"y": "dy",
"bandwidth": 0
},
{
"select": "intervalXY",
"as": "$filter"
},
{
"mark": "text",
"data": [
{
"label": "Taxi Dropoffs"
}
],
"dx": 10,
"dy": 10,
"text": "label",
"fill": "black",
"fontSize": "1.2em",
"frameAnchor": "top-left"
}
],
"width": 335,
"height": 550,
"margin": 0,
"xAxis": null,
"yAxis": null,
"xDomain": [
975000,
1005000
],
"yDomain": [
190000,
240000
],
"colorScale": "symlog",
"colorScheme": "oranges"
}
]
},
{
"vspace": 10
},
{
"plot": [
{
"mark": "rectY",
"data": {
"from": "trips"
},
"x": {
"bin": "time"
},
"y": {
"count": null
},
"fill": "steelblue",
"inset": 0.5
},
{
"select": "intervalX",
"as": "$filter"
}
],
"yTickFormat": "s",
"xLabel": "Pickup Hour →",
"width": 680,
"height": 100
}
]
}