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Five Characteristics Of An Open Source City
How can you apply the concepts of open source to a living, breathing city? An open source city is a blend of open culture, open government policies, and economic development. Read More »
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Mapping America's Illnesses, In Near Real-Time
People in Seattle are suffering from coughing and the flu. Headaches and fevers are going around in Washington, D.C. [...] All this drippy, wheezy intelligence, possibly accurate or possibly not, comes courtesy of SickWeather, a website that attempts to crowdsource the health of cities around the world. (Motto: “Say It, Don't Spray It”). Read More »
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Q and A: What Feds Can Learn From Cities' Open Data Experiences
Cities hold the largest share of government data in the U.S., covering everything from liquor licenses to teacher performance reviews, but only a handful of cities have released that data to outside researchers and app developers. Read More »
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Rats! Open Data Tells New York City Residents Where The Vermin Are - And Aren’t
As I written before, many governments these days, all over the world, are implementing open data initiatives to make data that they collect freely available in machine readable formats. [...] This week I found one [initiative] that should be of interest to anyone living on the Big Apple: the New York City Health Department's Rat Information Portal. Read More »
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Wal-Mart: An Economic Cancer On Our Cities
In Asheville, N.C., a dense downtown generated jobs and tax revenue and restored the city's soul Read More »
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