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Civic data

This page curates everything from open government data to visualization tools to data standards to algorithmic implementation. The only common thread is that all these data and data products share a commitment to civic interests.

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The ODI's Data Ethics Canvas
theodi.org/article/data-ethics-canvas

The ODI's Data Ethics Canvas

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and poten...

Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
since 2017
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Ethical tech and responsible tech
guides
vis.gl
vis.gl

vis.gl

Uber's open-source, WebGL-powered visualization frameworks

Uber HQ, Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Civic data, Mapping tools, Data visualization
mobility, Uber
Dadeh
dadeh.org

Dadeh

Visualizing Iran

Iran, Islamic Republic of (Īrān) 🇮🇷
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
Humanitarian Data Exchange
data.humdata.org

Humanitarian Data Exchange

Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place

The Hague, Netherlands
since 2014
Civic data, Civic tech catalogs, Learn about civic tech
MapIt UK
mapit.mysociety.org/bulk

MapIt UK

If you have a Excel, CSV, or OpenDocument file including a column of postcodes, upload it here, and MapIt will automatically match the postcodes and add columns for the administrative areas (councils,...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
guides
Displacement Alert Portal
portal.displacementalert.org

Displacement Alert Portal

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
housing
JKAN
jkan.io

JKAN

A lightweight, backend-free open data portal, powered by Jekyll

since 2016
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, The Tech
Open Connectivity Foundation
openconnectivity.org

Open Connectivity Foundation

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping deve...

since 2016
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Lawyers Hub
lawyershub.org

Lawyers Hub

The Lawyers Hub is a Pan-African Digital Law and Policy Organization working at the confluence of Law and Technology.

Nairobi
Civic data, Legal tech, Tech or Digital Policy
Code for Science and Society
codeforscience.org

Code for Science and Society

We empower communities to work together and build innovative technology for the public good.

Portland, OR
since 2016
Civic data, The Tech, Open science
Census Reporter
censusreporter.org

Census Reporter

Census Reporter provides useful facts about every place in America. Compare places using tables and maps, download data, and embed charts on your site!

since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
census
GEOIDEA.RO
geoidea.ro

GEOIDEA.RO

Geoidea.ro stands for GEodata Openness Initative for Development and Economic Advancement in ROmania and started in January 2013. It aims at improving the scientific basis for open geodata model adopt...

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Veovo
veovo.com

Veovo

Veovo instantly measures the number of passengers moving through a subway station to identify crowding and make service more efficient. The MTA can use this information to improve the deployment of st...

Auckland, New Zealand
since 2019
Civic data, Communicating with the people, Data visualization
mass transit, mobility
Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data
aspeninstitute.org/publications/information-impact-liberating-nonprofit-sector-data

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data

PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

2300 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Nonprofit tech
reports
Fogo Cruzado
fogocruzado.org.br

Fogo Cruzado

Fogo Cruzado (Cross-fire) is a laboratory of data on armed violence that aggregates and makes data and information available through an application for mobile technology combined with a database

Rio de Janeiro
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
apps, gun safety
Outreach Grid
outreachgrid.com

Outreach Grid

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

Irvine, CA
since 2016
Adjacent Fields, Bureaucracy tech, Check-in tools
homelessness
Zooniverse
zooniverse.org

Zooniverse

Zooniverse gives people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to participate in real research with over 50 active online citizen science projects.

Chicago, IL
since 2008
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, The Tech
Ghent Open Data Portal
data.stad.gent

Ghent Open Data Portal

Open Data portal for the City of Ghent

Ghent, Belgium
since 2012
Civic data, Open data publishing portals
Perimeter
perimeterplatform.com

Perimeter

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

Bay Area, California
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, Location
apps, fires
OpenAQ
openaq.org

OpenAQ

Fighting air inequality through open data and community

1226 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Civic data, Open civic data, Open data publishing portals
air quality, Sustainable cities and communities
MapAction
mapaction.org

MapAction

An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field

Oxfordshire, UK
since 2002
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
AuroraSaurus
aurorasaurus.org

AuroraSaurus

First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

New Mexico
since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Citizen science, Civic data
How's my Driving NYC
howsmydrivingny.nyc

How's my Driving NYC

Search New York City parking & camera violations

NYC Department of Finance - Financial Business Center, Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY
Civic data, Open data publishing portals
mobility
OpenBudget.ro
openbudget.ro

OpenBudget.ro

Open Budget este o platformă care îţi permite să vizualizezi bugetul statului român şi să modifici felul in care sunt alocate fondurile publice.

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Count Love
countlove.org

Count Love

Protests for a kinder world.

Cambridge, MA
Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, Civic data
Open By-laws South Africa
openbylaws.org.za

Open By-laws South Africa

Open By-laws South Africa is a project to help South Africans be more informed about the legislation that governs them.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Civic data, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory democracy
data.gouv.fr
data.gouv.fr/fr

data.gouv.fr

Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises

France 🇫🇷
Civic data, The Tech, Open data publishing portals
France (national government)
Canadian Open Data Society
opendatasociety.ca

Canadian Open Data Society

Canadian Open Data Society was formed around CODS - the Canadian Open Data Summit. The organization supports open data across Canada.

Canada 🇨🇦
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Digital literacy
Bridge registry for nonprofit unique entity IDs
web.archive.org/web/20190507060216/https://bridge-registry.org/about-us

Bridge registry for nonprofit unique entity IDs

since 2012
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
Otwarte Dane
dane.gov.pl

Otwarte Dane

Central repository of Polish open public data.

Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, Królewska, Warsaw, Poland
Civic data, Open data publishing portals
Impact Management Project
impactmanagementproject.com

Impact Management Project

Building consensus for how we measure and manage impact

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Evaluate impact
Congressional Data Coalition
congressionaldata.org

Congressional Data Coalition

We believe Congress should publish legislative information in formats both humans and computers can make sense of. Our mission is to promote greater transparency, preservation, and access to Congressi...

Washington, DC
since 2014
Civic data, The Tech, Parliamentary and legislative tech
EU Datathon
publications.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon

EU Datathon

event aiming to further stimulate the use of open data issued by the European Union

Brussels
Build something, Civic data, Civic hackathons
SandDance
microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/sanddance/?from=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fprojects%2Fsanddance%2F

SandDance

Visually explore, understand, and present data SandDance is a web-based application that enables you to more easily explore, identify, and communicate insights about data

since 2011
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Open Government Data Tirol
tirol.gv.at/data

Open Government Data Tirol

Daten der Verwaltung werden durch digitale Infrastruktur öffentlich verfügbar und nutzbar gemacht.

Tirol, Austria
since 2011
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
Open Government Data Austria
data.gv.at

Open Government Data Austria

Startseite neu.

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹
since 2012
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
OpenAfrica
africaopendata.org

OpenAfrica

openAFRICA aims to be the largest independent repository of open data on the African continent

Africa
since 2013
Civic data, Open civic data, Open data publishing portals
Civic Data Library of Context
civicdatalibrary.org

Civic Data Library of Context

A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

since 2020
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Decentralization
framework
USA Facts
usafacts.org

USA Facts

Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

Vance Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104
since 2017
Civic data, Data visualization, Open data publishing portals
Knoema
knoema.com

Knoema

Knoema’s database features more than 2.4b time series from 1k+ sources.

since 2011
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, Open data publishing portals
Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development
ai.facebook.com/blog/mapping-the-world-to-help-aid-workers-with-weakly-semi-supervised-learning

Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development

Building on our previous publication of similar high-resolution population maps for 22 countries, we're now releasing new maps of the majority of the African continent, and the project will eventually...

Palo Alto
Artificial Intelligence, Civic data, Data visualization
Facebook
Open Supporter Data Interface
opensupporter.org

Open Supporter Data Interface

We’re defining an API and data structures to enable true interoperability among products for organizations with progressive values.

since 2019
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
partisan
Open Government Data Innsbruck
innsbruck.gv.at/page.cfm?vpath=verwaltung/ogd

Open Government Data Innsbruck

Die digitale Servicestelle der Stadt Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
Candid
candid.org

Candid

Foundation Center and GuideStar are now Candid. "Candid gets you the information you need to do good."

32 Old Slip, 24th Floor New York, NY 10005
Civic data, Evaluate impact, The People
National Priorities Project
nationalpriorities.org

National Priorities Project

National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies seeks to prioritize peace, shared prosperity, and economic security for all in our nation's decision making

since 1983
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Opendata.swiss
opendata.swiss

Opendata.swiss

Find Swiss Open Government data

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) 🇨🇭
since 2019
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
Indicator Toolbox
indicatortoolbox.eu

Indicator Toolbox

Catalogue of procurement risk indicators from various countries.

Europe
Advocacy tech, Civic data, Govtech
Blue Button
healthit.gov/topic/patient-access-information-individuals-get-it-check-it-use-it/blue-button

Blue Button

An initiative that allows veterans to opt in to sharing their medical data with providers.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2010
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
The ODI's Open Standards for Data Guidebook
standards.theodi.org

The ODI's Open Standards for Data Guidebook

Open standards for data are reusable agreements that make it easier for people and organisations to publish, access, share and use better quality data. This guidebook helps people and organisations cr...

Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
since 2018
Civic data, Playbooks and design principles, The Tech
guides
Google BigQuery
cloud.google.com/bigquery

Google BigQuery

BigQuery is a fast, economical and fully managed enterprise data warehouse for large-scale data analytics.

since 2010
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, The Tech
Google
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