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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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NYC Street Map
streets.planning.nyc.gov/about?layer-groups=%5B%22amendments%22%2C%22citymap%22%2C%22pierhead-bulkhead-lines%22%2C%22street-centerlines%22%5D&mc_cid=a3c67e00a3

NYC Street Map

NYC Street Map is an ongoing effort to digitize official street records, bring them together with other street information, and make them easily accessible to the public.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic maps, Civic data, Open government data
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Open Data on GitHub: Unlocking the Potential of AI
arxiv.org/abs/2306.06191

Open Data on GitHub: Unlocking the Potential of AI

Academic analysis of open data on Github finds it's "one of the largest hosts of open data in the world and has experienced an accelerated growth of open data assets over the past four years."

Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, Peer-reviewed research
El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación
gobierto.es/contratacion-explorador

El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación

El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación reune la información de la Plataforma de Contratación del Estado y de las principales plataformas autonómicas y te permite explotar los datos.

Madrid (Spain)
Govtech, Procurement, Civic data
Hub de datos abiertos
gobierto.es/transparencia/datos-abiertos

Hub de datos abiertos

Un hub de datos para que tu organización sea la primera que hace uso de sus propios datos.

Madrid (Spain)
Civic data, Open data publishing platforms, Govtech
Data Driven Detroit
datadrivendetroit.org

Data Driven Detroit

Metro Detroit's Community Data Hub

Detroit, MI
Civic data, Civic apps outfits, Data science for social good
coop
Aquaya
aquaya.org

Aquaya

Aquaya is a data-driven nonprofit organization that is dedicated to improving safe water and sanitation access in low-resource settings.

San Francisco
Civic data, Data science for social good, Machine learning analytics
Clean water and sanitation
Transparency & Accountability Initiative Grants Database
grants.transparency-initiative.org/database

Transparency & Accountability Initiative Grants Database

Includes funding from Ford, Hewlett, Luminate, MacArthur, OpenSocietyFoundation, and Chandler foundations totaling over half a billion dollars

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
Open philanthropy, Civic data, Fundraising tools
dadosabertos.social
dadosabertos.social

dadosabertos.social

forum - tudo sobre dados abertos

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Listservs, forums, and Slacks, Meet the others, Socialize online
Data Strategy Canvas
github.com/ameellio/DataStrategyCanvas/blob/main/DataStrategyCanvasv1.png

Data Strategy Canvas

Resources & activities for multi-stakeholder groups to design data strategies

Civic data, Data governance
API Vilnius
api.vilnius.lt

API Vilnius

The portal is designed not only for IT specialists who want to create projects using open-source code but also for residents who want to make important personal life decisions based on sound statistic...

Vilnius, Lithuania
Open government data, Open data publishing portals, Government transparency
Open Vilnius
open.vilnius.lt

Open Vilnius

The Innovation and Technology Group of the Vilnius City Municipality is developing digital innovations aimed at the smart development of the Lithuanian capital.

Vilnius, Lithuania
Open government data, Data governance, Open innovation
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Kur Gyvenu
kurgyvenu.lt

Kur Gyvenu

It's a platform aimed at helping people find information about various neighborhoods and districts in Lithuanian cities.

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Urban planning, Civic data
local, city, Sustainable cities and communities
DataIgualdad
dataigualdad.com

DataIgualdad

Revisa aquí cómo impacta la evasión de impuestos en las vidas de los habitantes de América Latina

Latin America
Watchdogging and transparency, Advocacy tech, Specific campaigns
taxes
Kosovo Data Governance Academy
sites.google.com/view/kosovo-data-governance-academy/home?authuser=0

Kosovo Data Governance Academy

Summer open data training and materials piloted in 2023

Prishtina, Kosovo
Civic data
trainings
Open Data Kosovo
opendatakosovo.org

Open Data Kosovo

Open Data Kosovo is a nonprofit organization that believes in using civic-tech and digital humanitarianism to open government.

Kosovo (Kosova) 🇽🇰
Civic data, Civic apps outfits
State Case Database
statecourtreport.org/state-case-database

State Case Database

Search State Court Report’s database of significant state supreme court decisions and pending cases. Download decisions and briefs for cases that develop state constitutional law.

New York University
since 2023
Civic data, Legal tech, Access to information
state
Dados eleitorais
necon.iesp.uerj.br/index.php/almanaque-de-dados-eleitorais

Dados eleitorais

Os dados referem-se a eleições realizadas no Brasil entre 1945 e 2006 para os mais diversos âmbitos de governo. Incluem a competição eleitoral para a Presidência da República, para governos de estado,...

Rio de Janeiro
Civic data, Voting and elections
Dados legislativos Brasil
necon.iesp.uerj.br/index.php/dados-legislativos

Dados legislativos Brasil

Acervo de dados do Congresso Nacional coletados e organizados pelo NECON.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Civic data, Parliamentary and legislative tech
Social Explorer
socialexplorer.com

Social Explorer

Gain deep insights into any location of interest through thousands of data variables and stunning visualizations. Reinforce your decisions with Social Explorer’s reliable data mapping capabilities....

New York
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping tools
Digital Authentication and Identity Proofing in Public Benefits Applications
digitalbenefitshub.org/digital-authentication-and-identity-proofing-data

Digital Authentication and Identity Proofing in Public Benefits Applications

Created and published by the Digital Benefits Network, this open dataset and analysis documents identity proofing and authentication practices in online public benefits applications across the US, con...

The George Washington University, I Street Northwest, Washington, DC
since 2023
Access social benefits, Identity, Digital security and privacy
PUNCHUP
punchup.world

PUNCHUP

We create meaningful conversation with data + design + story.

No. 1 Building, 6th Floor, Soi Patpong, 1 Surawong Rd, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Social impact design firms, Build something, Civic data
FathomNet
fathomnet.org/fathomnet/#

FathomNet

FathomNet is an open-source image database for understanding our ocean and its inhabitants

California
Environmental data, Civic data
Life below water
Digital Commons Lab
dcl.fbk.eu

Digital Commons Lab

Digital Commons Lab (DCL) is a research laboratory of the Digital Society center of FBK with the goal to design, develop and analyze digital commons based on open data.

Trento
Civic data, Mapping, Research and policy centers
OpenStreetMap
ParlGov
parlgov.org

ParlGov

ParlGov is a data infrastructure for political science. It contains information about parties, elections and cabinets for all EU and most OECD democracies (37 countries) from 1945 until today.

Mannheim
Civic data, Archives, Voting and elections
ALDE Member Parties database
aldeparty.eu/alde_member_parties

ALDE Member Parties database

Collection of 75 Liberal European political parties

Brussels
Civic data, Political parties
partisan
Parsons
parsonsproject.org

Parsons

Parsons, named after Lucy Parsons, is a Python package that contains a growing list of connectors and integrations to move data between various tools. Parsons is focused on integrations and connectors...

Greeley Square Station 4 East 27th Street New York, NY 10001-9998
Data integration, Civic data
partisan
Open Spending Netherlands
openspending.nl

Open Spending Netherlands

The goal of the project is to publish standardized financial detail data of municipalities, provinces, ministries and other governing bodies on the central platform openspending.nl.

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data
Waar is mijn stemlokaal
waarismijnstemlokaal.nl

Waar is mijn stemlokaal

Een stembureau bij jou in de buurt, zo gevonden

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Civic data, Voting and elections, Find your polling place
Political Data Intelligence (PDI)
politicaldata.com

Political Data Intelligence (PDI)

PDI has partnered with progressive campaigns, labor unions, and advocacy groups for more than 30 years to help them win on Election Day.

Los Angeles, CA
Advocacy tech, Organize campaigns, Civic data
partisan
Iguala
iguala.madrid.es

Iguala

IGUALA es el sistema de analítica avanzada del Ayuntamiento de Madrid para elaborar el Índice de Vulnerabilidad Territorial Agregado.

Madrid (Spain)
Indicators, Evaluate impact, Civic data
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Infrastructure Space
msa.ac.uk/study/ateliers/infraspace

Infrastructure Space

Infrastructure Space was established in 2017 to acknowledge the infrastructural turn in architectural theory, to embrace the thinking and methods established in L+U and [Re_Map] and to explore new ter...

Manchester, United Kingdom
Urban planning, Civic data
Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, city, place-based
Development Data Platform (DDP)
projecttech4dev.org/ddp

Development Data Platform (DDP)

DDP is an open-source data pipeline platform to tackle data ingestion, storage and transformation that can be used by NGOs to drive actionable insights

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Civic data, Nonprofit tech, Data integration
OpenNorth's Data Quality course
training.lms.opennorth.ca/catalog/info/id:194

OpenNorth's Data Quality course

This course provides users with a practical introduction to the topic and importance of data quality. It discusses key concepts and offers clear exercises on accessing good data and evaluating the qua...

Montreal, QC, Canada
Civic data, Online courses
OCCRP Aleph
aleph.occrp.org

OCCRP Aleph

The global archive of research material for investigative reporting.

Civic data, Research tools, Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
Slum Dwellers International Data Portal
sdinet.org/explore-our-data

Slum Dwellers International Data Portal

Dive into our Know Your City (KYC) portal, home to community-collected slum data from over 5,000 slums in more than 18 countries across the global south.

Open data publishing portals, Civic data
housing, Reduced inequalities, informal settlements
Raval data commons
eticasfoundation.org/raval-data-commons

Raval data commons

Developing a robust and replicable Data Commons methodology in the Raval, Barcelona

Barcelona
Civic data, Data governance
UnmappedSmallTownUSA Mapstodon bot
en.osm.town/@SmallTownUSA

UnmappedSmallTownUSA Mapstodon bot

Posting towns in the USA with a population less than 1000 that are undermapped on OpenStreetMap.org

since 2023
Bots, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap
Do Open Data Impact on Citizens’ Behaviours?
yuyashibuya.com/2022/10/30/Open-Data-Impacts-on-Citizens'-Behaviors.html

Do Open Data Impact on Citizens’ Behaviours?

This study by Yuya Shibuya empirically analyzes the impacts of open data on behavioral change by investigating the case of Taiwan.

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Peer-reviewed research, Civic data, COVID Data Projects
Github's Open journalism Collection
github.com/collections/open-journalism

Github's Open journalism Collection

See how publications and data-driven journalists use open source to power their newsroom and ensure information is reported fairly and accurately.

Media, Investigative journalism tech, Civic data
Github
Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374602543/democracysdata

Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them

"From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data."

since 1940
Civic data, Predecessors & Pioneers, Books
census, books
Justice Hub
justicehub.in

Justice Hub

An open source platform for data related to the Indian legal and justice system. Crowdsourced from a community of law and data researchers, practitioners and enthusiasts.

Bangalore
since 2023
Open justice, Civic data, Open data publishing portals
Agami
agami.in

Agami

Agami is a movement of ideas and people seeking to transform the experience of Justice in India

Bangalore
Open justice, Civic data, Watchdogging and transparency
CivicDataLab
civicdatalab.in

CivicDataLab

We work to strengthen the course of civic engagement using data / social science / tech / design

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Civic apps outfits, Civic data, Watchdogging and transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice
DataMéxico
datamexico.org

DataMéxico

DataMéxico permite la integración, visualización y análisis de datos públicos para fomentar la innovación, inclusión y diversificación de la economía mexicana.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Civic data, Open data publishing portals, Open government data
2023 Webby Awards
Police Scorecard
policescorecard.org

Police Scorecard

We analyzed data on 13,147 US police departments.

since 2024
Civic data, Data visualization, Data science for social good
racial equity, criminal justice, police violence
Red Ciudadana
redciudadana.org

Red Ciudadana

Participación, formación ciudadana y apertura de datos Somos una organización que trabaja por una Guatemala más democrática, innovadora y transparente.

Guatemala 🇬🇹
since 2013
Civic apps outfits, Watchdogging and transparency, Civic data
OpenBook
questica.com/openbook

OpenBook

Questica OpenBook is a transparency and data visualization software that enables organizations to share their financial and other data, when and where they need to.

800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199
Civic data, Budget explorers, Open government data
OpenGrants API
opengrants.io/opengrants-api

OpenGrants API

OpenGrants delivers a best-in-class database of grant funding and a marketplace of grant writers, consultants and technical assistance providers. Integrate the power of OpenGrants into your product us...

Get funding, Fundraising tools, Civic data
APIs
HOT Tasking Manager
tasks.hotosm.org

HOT Tasking Manager

The tool to team up for mapping in OpenStreetMap

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
Pro bono and volunteer, Help out, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap
OpenAerialMap
openaerialmap.org

OpenAerialMap

OpenAerialMap is an open service to provide access to a commons of openly licensed imagery and map layer services. Download or contribute imagery to the growing commons of openly licensed imagery. St...

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
Open civic data, Civic data, Drones
OpenStreetMap
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