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Do you know all of Baltimore’s 56 neighborhoods?: test yourself with this Code for America web game

Update 3/4/13 12:20 p.m.: We failed to make clear that there are more than 225 neighborhoods in Baltimore city. Code For America pulled data from the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance to make the “Click that ‘hood” game. BNIA tracks data using Community Statistical Areas, with each of the 56 CSAs comprising several city neighborhoods.  Do […]

Update 3/4/13 12:20 p.m.: We failed to make clear that there are more than 225 neighborhoods in Baltimore city. Code For America pulled data from the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance to make the “Click that ‘hood” game. BNIA tracks data using Community Statistical Areas, with each of the 56 CSAs comprising several city neighborhoods. 
Do you know the locations of all 56 neighborhoods in Baltimore city?
Test your geographical know-how with the Code for America game “Click that ‘hood,” which uses neighborhood boundary data from the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance.
Play “Click that ‘hood” here.

ClickthathoodTwo modes are possible:

  • Time yourself as you properly identify 20 randomly selected, different neighborhoods in Baltimore city by clicking on the appropriate shape on a map of the city.
  • Or try your hand at identifying all 56 neighborhoods in the city.

Other cities, including Philadelphia, New York City (by borough), Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Austin, have their own “Click that ‘hood” games.
Interested in creating version of “Click that ‘hood” for other cities? Grab the source code here.

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