@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for free and with no limits.
1111All times are calculated using open-source software from publicly available
1212data. The OpenTimes data pipelines, infrastructure, packages, and website
1313are all open-source and available on [ GitHub] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes ) .
14- See the [ Data ] ({{< ref " data" >}}) section to learn how to download the data.
14+ See the [ README ] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes#getting-the- data) to learn how to download the data.
1515
1616### Goals
1717
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ performing live routing, etc.).
3434## FAQs
3535
3636This section focuses on the what, why, and how of the OpenTimes project. For
37- more specific questions about the data (i.e. its coverage, structure, and
38- limitations), see the [ Data ] ({{< ref "data" >}}) section .
37+ more specific questions about the data (i.e. its coverage, structure,
38+ and limitations), see the project [ README ] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes#opentimes ) .
3939
4040<details >
4141<summary >General questions</summary >
@@ -45,19 +45,18 @@ limitations), see the [Data]({{< ref "data" >}}) section.
4545In this case, a travel time is just how long it takes to get from location A
4646to location B while following a road or path network. Think Google Maps or
4747your favorite smartphone mapping service. OpenTimes provides billions of these
48- times, all pre-calculated from public data. However, unlike a smartphone map ,
48+ times, all pre-calculated from public data. However, unlike a smartphone,
4949OpenTimes does not provide the route itself, only the time between the two
5050points.
5151
5252#### What are the times between?
5353
5454Times are between the _ population-weighted_ centroids of United States Census
55- geographies. See [ Data] ({{< ref "data" >}}) for a full list of geographies.
56- Centroids are weighted because sometimes Census geographies are huge and their
57- unweighted centroid is in the middle of a desert or mountain range. However,
58- most people don't want to go to the desert, they want to go to where other
59- people are. Weighting the centroids moves them closer to where people actually
60- want to go (i.e. towns and cities).
55+ geographies. Centroids are weighted because sometimes Census geographies are
56+ huge and their unweighted centroid is in the middle of a desert or mountain
57+ range. However, most people don't want to go to the desert, they want to go
58+ to where other people are. Weighting the centroids moves them closer to where
59+ people actually want to go (i.e. towns and cities).
6160
6261#### What travel modes are included?
6362
@@ -145,8 +144,8 @@ can access a list of all the files [here](https://data.opentimes.org).
145144Files can be downloaded directly, queried with DuckDB or Arrow, or accessed
146145via the (forthcoming) R or Python wrapper packages.
147146
148- To learn more about how to access the data, see the dedicated
149- [ Data ] ({{< ref "data" >}}) section .
147+ To learn more about how to access the data, see the
148+ [ GitHub README ] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes#opentimes ) .
150149
151150#### How much does this all cost to host?
152151
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ Attribution is required when using OpenTimes data.
203202Please see the
204203[ CITATION file on GitHub] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes/blob/master/CITATION.cff ) .
205204You can also generate APA and BibTeX citations directly from the
206- [ GitHub project ] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes ) page .
205+ project's [ GitHub page ] ( https://github.com/dfsnow/opentimes#opentimes ) .
207206
208207#### What license do you use?
209208
@@ -233,6 +232,9 @@ I built most of OpenTimes during a six-week programming retreat at the
233232[ Recurse Center] ( https://www.recurse.com/scout/click?t=e5f3c6558aa58965ec2efe48b1b486af ) ,
234233which I highly recommend.
235234
235+ If you need to contact me about this project, please
236+ reach out [ via email] ( mailto:info@opentimes.org ) .
237+
236238### Why did you build this?
237239
238240A few reasons:
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