Cargografías

	Cargografias allows you to explore the timelines of the electoral mandates of the Argentinian representatives.
Home page	http://www.cargografias.org/
Approach	Cargografias mapped the duration of electoral mandates of all Argentinian political representatives, with timelines. They also provinde statistics about the number of political mandates. Cargografias provides a more transparent picture of Argentian politics and trajectories of the Argentinian politicians.
Phase	Released
Tags	politics, argentina, timeline, and terms of office
Partners	Hacklabs

Project Start Date	2012
Launch Date	2013
Most Recent Update	2015
Update Frequency	true
Thematic Focus	Politics
Issue addressed	Tracking political trajectories
Geographic Focus	Argentina

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Query	true
Timelines	true
Lists	true
Other Visualisation	true
Raw Data	true

Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	Cargografias is an experimental visualization tool that reveals the careers of the politicians inside the state.
Approach (How?)	Cargografias mapped the duration of electoral mandates of all Argentinian political representatives, with timelines. They also provinde statistics about the number of political mandates. Cargografias provides a more transparent picture of Argentian politics and trajectories of the Argentinian politicians.
Language	Spanish
Commissioner	Self-commissionned, ICFJ, World Bank Institute
Publisher	Cargografias

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Small Network Twitter : (1099 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: 3 Alexa: 4965419 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 28/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 29/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : Oct 8, 2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/cargografias : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

Data Sources

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : Dedicated

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Agile Open Source : true Open Data : false Budget : Small Project Contracting : Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : Updated

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : Complex Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Public Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Dump