...is a library of tools published by the City of Cleveland's Office of Urban Analytics & Innovation (Urban AI). The package is meant for civic data analysis using local, county and regional data sources. Many city datasets can be found using the City of Cleveland Open Data Portal.

This package is divided into a series of modules. These modules can be used to perform a variety of functions, but are not necessarily related to one another. To learn more about what each module does, please visit the Documentation section.

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You can use pip in your terminal to install the package. If you have difficulty installing on Linux (primarily Ubuntu) or macOS due to issues with the arcgis package (a dependency of this toolkit), you will likely need to install extra dependencies. For those operating systems, try first installing the Kerberos library via sudo apt install libkrb5-dev before using pip to install this package.

pip install cle-data-toolkit

This will also install the following dependencies:

• geopandas
• pandas
• arcgis
• numpy

We recommending installing into a virtual environment to not modify your base version of Python.

This package contains several modules that perform a variety of functions including, but not limited to:

• Extracting GeoDataFrames from ArcGIS Online FeatureLayers.
• Managing fields, features, and metadata within ArcGIS Online items.

• Apportioning: Allocating Census data to local boundaries that don't align
• Custom functions built on top of geopandas for more advanced spatial joins
  • Largest overlap

• Extracting insights from property owner names
• Standardizing property types and ownership

cledatatoolkit.ago_helpers module

• FLCWrapper
  • add()
  • delete()
  • get_layer()
  • get_layer_index()
  • get_table()
  • get_table_index()
  • paste()
  • update_container()
• FLWrapper
  • add_field()
  • audit_fields()
  • audit_schema()
  • delete_field()
  • spatialize()
  • update()
  • upsert()

cledatatoolkit.census module

• calc_moe()

cledatatoolkit.property module

• identify_corp_owner()
• Regular Expression Library

cledatatoolkit.spatial module

• largest_overlap()
• fix_missing_sjoins()
• build_aggregator()
• apportion()
• optimal_single_location()
• apportion()

FLCWrapper stands for FeatureLayerCollection Wrapper. This is a class that contains various "quality of life" functions for working with the ArcGIS Online API, specifically FeatureLayerCollections. FeatureLayerCollections are FeatureServices that contain one or more FeatureLayers.

Parameters:

• container_id (string): The ArcGIS Online ID of the FeatureLayerCollection to which the FLCWrapper instance is based on.
• gis (arcgis.gis.GIS): The GIS connection object to the ArcGIS REST API. This determines the context in which data can be retreived from ArcGIS Online.

Properties:

• FLCWrapper.esriLookup (dictionary): This is a dictionary that maps commonly used column types to specialized Esri field types. These field types are defined in the Service Definition of a FeatureService. This property is used in audit_schema() in the FLWrapper class.
• FLCWrapper.container (arcgis.features.FeatureLayerCollection): This is the FeatureLayerCollection object from the ArcGIS Online REST API.
• FLCWrapper.container_id (string): This is the ArcGIS Online ID of the FLCWrapper.container object.
• FLCWrapper.container_item (arcgis.gis.item): This is the Item object from the ArcGIS Online REST API, which contains the FLCWrapper.container object.
• FLCWrapper.gis (arcgis.gis.GIS): This is the GIS connection object to the ArcGIS REST API. This determines the context in which data can be retreived from ArcGIS Online.
• FLCWrapper.sqlLookup (dictionary): This is a dictionary that maps commonly used column types to specialized SQL field types. These field types are defined in the Service Definition of a FeatureService. This property is used in audit_schema() in the FLWrapper class.

Add a new FeatureLayer to the FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• schema (dictionary): A dictionary of Service Definition properties that define the Layer or Table.
• type (string): Either "layer" or "table". This determines the type of the FeatureLayer. Defaults to "layer".

Raises:

• Exception: If the type parameter is neither "layer" nor "table".

Returns:

• arcgis.features.FeatureLayer: An ArcGIS Online reference to the newly created Layer if type is set to "layer".
• arcgis.features.Table: An ArcGIS Online reference to the newly created Table if type is set to "table".

Delete a FeatureLayer from the FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• id (integer): ID of the Layer or Table to delete. (i.e 0, 1, 2, etc.)
• type (string): Either "layer" or "table". This determines the type of the FeatureLayer that is being deleted. Defaults to "layer".

Raises:

• Exception: If the type parameter is neither "layer" nor "table".

Returns:

• None

Retreive a FeatureLayer from within the FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• id (integer): ID of the FeatureLayer within the FeatureLayerCollection. (i.e 0, 1, 2 etc.)

Returns:

• arcgis.features.FeatureLayer: The ArcGIS Online reference to the FeatureLayer.

Get the index of a FeatureLayer within a FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• name (string): The name of FeatureLayer as defined in the Service Definition.

Raises:

• Exception: If no results are found, an exception is raised.

Returns:

• integer: If only one result is found, the numeric ID of the FeatureLayer that matches the name argument.
• list: If multiple results are found, a list of numeric IDs corresponding to all FeatureLayers that match the name argument.

Retreive a Table from within the FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• id (integer): ID of the Table within the FeatureLayerCollection. (i.e 0, 1, 2 etc.)

Returns:

• arcgis.features.FeatureLayer: The ArcGIS Online reference to the Table.

Get the index of a Table within a FeatureLayerCollection.

Parameters:

• name (string): The name of Table as defined in the Service Definition.

Raises:

• Exception: If no results are found, an exception is raised.

Returns:

• integer: If only one result is found, the numeric ID of the Table that matches the name argument.
• list: If multiple results are found, a list of numeric IDs corresponding to all Tables that match the name argument.

This function will copy a Service Definition from a pre-existing ArcGIS Online FeatureLayer and append it to the FeatureLayerCollection as a new FeatureLayer without any Features. This function will only work for spatial Layers, Tables are not currently supported.

Parameters:

• schema_id (string): The ArcGIS Online ID of the FeatureLayerCollection reference that contains the FeatureLayer you want to paste.
• layer_index (integer): The numeric index of the FeatureLayer within the FeatureLayerCollection referenced in schema_id. (i.e 0, 1, 2 etc.)

Returns:

• arcgis.features.FeatureLayer: An ArcGIS Online reference to the newly created FeatureLayer.

Refresh the connection to the FeatureLayerCollection.

Returns:

• None

FLWrapper stands for FeatureLayer Wrapper. This is a class that contains various "quality of life" functions for working with the ArcGIS Online API, specifically FeatureLayers. FeatureLayers are individual layers contained within a FeatureLayerCollections. FeatureLayers can either be spatial 'layers' or nonspatial 'tables'. This wrapper supports both types.

Extends cledatatoolkit.ago_helpers.FLCWrapper

Parameters:

• layer_id (integer): The ID of the Layer or Table within the FeatureLayerCollection. This is a number that often corresponds to the sequence of FeatureLayers within the collection.
• container_id (string): The ArcGIS Online ID of the FeatureLayerCollection to which the FLWrapper instance is based on.
• gis (arcgis.gis.GIS): The GIS connection object to the ArcGIS REST API. This determines the context in which data can be retreived from ArcGIS Online.
• how (string): The type of FeatureLayer, either layer or table. Defaults to 'layer'.

Properties:

• All properties contained in cledatatoolkit.ago_helpers.FLCWrapper.
• FLWrapper.crs (integer): The EPSG ID of the FeatureLayer's coordinate reference system. This property defaults to None until the FLWrapper.spatialize() method is executed.
• FLWrapper.fs (arcgis.features.FeatureSet): An ArcGIS FeatureSet of the FeatureLayer. This property defaults to None until the FLWrapper.spatialize() method is executed.
• FLWrapper.layer (arcgis.features.FeatureLayer or arcgis.features.Table): A reference to the ArcGIS Online FeatureLayer object.
• FLWrapper.layer_id (integer): The numeric index of the FeatureLayer within the containing FeatureLayerCollection.
• FLWrapper.gdf (geopandas.GeoDataFrame): A GeoDataFrame based on the FeatureSet defined in FLWrapper.fs. This property defaults to None until the FLWrapper.spatialize() method is executed.
• FLWrapper.sdf (pandas.DataFrame): A Spatially Enabled Pandas DataFrame based on the FeatureSet defined in FLWrapper.fs. This property defaults to None until the FLWrapper.spatialize() method is executed.

Add a new field to the FeatureLayer.

Parameters:

• field_dict (dictionary): A dictionary of properties that define the field in the Service Definition, as outlined in the ArcGIS Online REST API.

Returns:

• None

Compares an inputted list of column names to field names in the FeatureLayer. This is useful for comparing a DataFrame column names to fields in the Service Definition.

Parameters:

• columns (list): A list of field names. Could be from a pandas or PySpark DataFrame.

Returns:

• dictionary: The key 'Only in FL' contains a list of fields that are only in the FeatureLayer, the key 'Not in FL' contains a list of fields that are only in the inputted list of column names.

Compares the FeatureLayer's Service Definition field schema to a list of data type tuples, usually sourced from a pandas or PySpark DataFrame using the dtypes method. This function will compare field schemas across the following three categories: name, type, and order.

Parameters:

• dtypes (list): A list of tuples, where the first element of the tuple is a field name and the second is the data type.

Returns:

• boolean: If the order, types, and names of the dtypes parameter all match that of the FeatureLayer, True is returned. Otherwise False is returned.

Delete a field from the FeatureLayer.

Parameters:

• field_name (string): The name of the field to delete.

Returns:

• None

Query features from the FeatureLayer. This will initialize the Spatially Enabled DataFrame (FLWrapper.sdf) and FeatureSet (FLWrapper.fs). This function will also extract the Coordinate Reference System (FLWrapper.crs) and build a GeoDataFrame of the features (FLWrapper.gdf).

Parameters:

• clause (string): A SQL clause for filtering features. If None is inputted, the entire FeatureLayer is queried. Defaults to None.

Returns:

• None

Update the FeatureLayer Service Definition.

Parameters:

• update_dict (dictionary): Dictionary of parameters to update in the definition.

Returns:

• None

This function will upsert features to the FeatureLayer based on a FeatureSet. This means new features will be added or existing features will be updated depending on whether or not the feature is already in the FeatureLayer.

Parameters:

• fs (arcgis.features.FeatureSet): A FeatureSet containing features to add and/or update.
• id_field (string): The field for which the upsert is performed. This field will be used to compare features from the inputted FeatureSet to features within the FeatureLayer.
• batch_size (integer): Recommended for larger datasets. The number of features to upsert per batch. After every batch the system will sleep for one second to avoid a timeout error. If zero the entire dataset will be uploaded in a single batch. Defaults to 0.

Returns:

• None

Helper function for developing margins of error (MOEs) for aggregations of sample estimates. This is recommended for when you are summing, or taking the proportion of multiple ACS estimates. This function implements the American Community Survey's documented methodology for calculating Margins of Error. To better understand how this process works, click here.

Parameters:

• array (list-like): A list of margins of error to propogate over. If how = 'proportion', the arrays must be inputted as a 2-D array containing lists in the following order:
  1. The denominators of the proportion.
  2. The proportions themselves.
  3. The margins of error of the numerator.
  4. The margins of error of the denominator.
• how (string): Either 'sum' or 'proportion'. The aggregation methodology used for calculating the MOE. Defaults to 'sum'.

Raises:

• Exception: If the how argument is not either 'sum' nor 'proportion', an exception is raised.

Returns:

• float: The aggregated margin of error for the inputted array if how='sum'.
• numpy.array: The aggregated margins of error for the inputted array(s) if how='proportion'.

This function evalutes a pandas Series of strings of property owners, specifically values from Cuyahoga Auditor and Cuyahoga GIS property records. It uses a set of regular expressions to determine whether the owner value is a corporate entity, i.e. not owned by individuals. It does this by looking for patterns that suggest it is a business or organization, such as LLC, L.P, and applying exclusions and special cases.

Parameters:

• column (pandas Series): A Pandas series for

Returns:

• pandas Series: A Series of boolean values True (identified as corporate) or False with same length as input.

These are various regex patterns used in this module to recognize patterns in property data. These are not meant to be used outside of functions.

biz_flag_re - str: Primary regex for identifying all corporate-type owners that can be found in deeded_owner field. Note this pattern is designed for Cuyahoga County's dataset and is not tested for other string matching universally with owner values.
major_names_re - str : Captures special corp names that do not have logical patterns in owner values that can be identified, but still need to be flagged manually. This is additive to the main biz_flag_re. exclude_re - str: Excludes special corp names that are being captured from prior steps, but have special context.

This function performs a spatial join between two polygon GeoDataFrames using a largest overlap spatial relationship. This means that if an area overlaps multiple areas in another set of polygons, that area will inherit the attributes of the larger overlap. This is useful for situations where administrative boundaries don't line up neatly with other boundaries, and you need a 1:1 relationship. For example, we use it for identifying what ward or neighborhood a property should be in.

Parameters:

• target_gdf (GeoDataFrame): GeoDataFrame on left
• target_key (str): Unique identifier field for left dataframe
• join_gdf (GeoDataFrame): GeoDataFrame on right
• transfer_field (str): The column you are interested in adding from right to left
• new_name (str): Renaming that transfer field
• data_type (str, optional): What to cast the value as. Defaults to "string". 'string' for text 'float64' for float 'int64' for integer

Returns:
GeoPandas GeoDataFrame: This will look like your left dataframe with additional column from your join_gdf

Fix spatial joins that should not be null by running sjoin_nearest on records that should logically not be empty. Typical use case is making sure all shapes within Cleveland are successfully joining to geographies that are required for Cleveland property, like ward or neighborhood. This is a lower-level function not intended for general use.

Parameters:

• gdf (GeoDataFrame) = Left geodataframe (usually parcels)
• join_gdf (GeoDataFrame) = Right geodataframe (usually reference geography)
• reference_field (str) = Defaults to "par_city" assuming parcels dataset
• reference_value (str) = "CLEVELAND", # Format to match value if attributed to Cleveland
• test_join_field (str) = "Neighborhood", Field we are validating
• real_join_field (str)="SPANM"# The sourcefield name to grab.

Returns:
GeoPandas GeoDataFrame

This function prepares a dictionary that defines a aggregation strategy for every column of a dataframe. Such that when groupby() is applied, the dataframe columns are aggregated in accordance to this aggregator dictionary. The function automatically searches for numeric columns, and ignores non-numeric columns. This function also searches for columns that may be Margins of Error, and applies an appropriate error propogation function to those columns. Parameters:

• df (DataFrame): A pandas DataFrame containing the columns to be aggregated.
• exclude (list or str, optional): A list of columns that will not be aggregated. Defaults to None.
• default (str, optional): The default aggregation strategy. Defaults to 'sum'.

Returns:
Dict: Python dictionary of dataframe columns to the aggregation function used in a 'groupby'.

Parameters:

• left (GeoDataFrame): The data to be apportioned.
• right (GeoDataFrame): The geometry to which the data from left will be apportioned to.
• group_key (str): The ID field of the right dataframe.
• target_key (str): The ID field of the left dataframe.
• aggregator (str): A dictionary of aggregation rules for each column in the left dataframe. This can be built with build_aggregator

Returns:
GeoDataFrame: An apportioned GeoDataFrame, containing all fields from right, and aggregated fields from left.

Given a point GeoDataFrame that represents a limited resource of interest, and a polygon GeoDataFrame of target areas with numeric attributes (like by population), this function returns the one target area that will increase access to that POI the most if you added a POI there.

It does this based on spatial proximity you provide in search_distance the and weight column (summed).

For example, if you wanted to know which single location in the City would most increase the number of people within 1/2 a mile to ice cream shops, you would pass ice cream point locations to poi_gdf, population data (Census areas) as targeted_areas, pass total population column to weight_col, and enter search distance (assuming feet, 2640). See below for description of results.

Parameters:

• poi_gdf (gpd.GeoDataFrame): The points of interest that you're seeking to maximize access to
• targeted_areas (gpd.GeoDataFrame): The reference geographies, ideally census blocks, block groups, or points
• targeted_col (str): The column of interest, typically number of people or things you seek to maximize
• search_distance (int): Threshold for measuring "access" in feet as the crow flies to center of the area
• method: (str):
  • "brute" will check every candidate area by generating a buffer from its center, checking for overlap, and summing targeted metric column
  • "clustered" will use libpysal to generate a list of edge neighbors, and sum total impact based on those neighboring clusters. This method guarantees that all target areas that gain access are contiguous.

Returns:
dict: Returns three key dictionary with the following keys.

• "optimal_idx": list, single index value from targeted_areas that is the optimal location for maximum gain
• "added": list, all index values added, optimal + its neighbors according to the method
• "total_gain": int, the total sum of your

You can pass the lists to .loc() method of the original dataframe as needed. Use "optimal_idx" index values to map the specific optimum location. Use "added" indexes to show all newly served tracts, including the optimum.

Parameters:

• query_result (arcgis.features.FeatureSet): FeatureSet from a .query() call. Typically the all the data froma service.
• crs (str): Optional, EPSG id for the coordinate system of the data source. Needed only if the service isn't noting in query result.

Returns:
geopandas.GeoDataFrame: GeoDataFrame of the query with validated geometries, ready to use.

See our tutorial notebook repo, open-data-examples, for curated tutorials of how you might use this package with Cleveland civic data sources!