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Civic maps

Civic maps collect and display data geographically to coordinate action, plot resources, or make an argument for change. This is our gallery of specific civic maps.

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Falling Fruit
fallingfruit.org/?c=forager%2Cfreegan&locale=en

Falling Fruit

Falling Fruit is a massive, collaborative map of the urban harvest.

Boulder, CO
Civic maps, Crowdsourcing, Civic data
Zero hunger, Sustainable cities and communities
Spatial Equity NYC
lcau.mit.edu/research/spatial-equity-nyc

Spatial Equity NYC

Spatial Equity NYC (SE), a tool developed by MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU) in close collaboration with New York City-based nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TA), v...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Data visualization, Civic maps, Civic data
city, place-based, Reduced inequalities
Is your [UK] council fuelling the climate crisis?
divest.platformlondon.org

Is your [UK] council fuelling the climate crisis?

Divestment campaign targeting local councils investing in fossil fuel companies

London
since 2023
Specific campaigns, Civic maps
Climate action, local
Google MethaneSAT partnership
blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/how-satellites-algorithms-and-ai-can-help-map-and-trace-methane-sources

Google MethaneSAT partnership

Just like how we use AI to detect sidewalks, street signs and road names in satellite imagery to display helpful information in Google Maps, we’ll also use AI to identify oil and gas infrastructure, l...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2024
Civic features, Civic maps, Environmental data
Google, Climate action, methane
Atlas of Urban AI
gouai.cidob.org/atlas

Atlas of Urban AI

ATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.

Barcelona
Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and sensors, Civic maps
PlanIt
planit.org.uk

PlanIt

UK PlanIt is a national aggregator for current and historical planning information.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Urban planning, Civic maps
Landlord Tech Watch
antievictionmappingproject.github.io/landlordtech

Landlord Tech Watch

Campaign website explaining landlord / proptech surveillance and what tenants can do to fight back

United States of America 🇺🇸
Watchdogging and transparency, Consumer watchdogging, Civic maps
housing, surveillance, landlord
Housing Courts Must Change! Map
hcmustchange.beta.nyc

Housing Courts Must Change! Map

Housing Courts Must Change! (HCMC) is a statewide campaign launched by the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition in 2020 to transform the courts across New York State (NYS) from an “eviction machine” to a pl...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic maps, Open justice, Specific campaigns
housing
Urban Analyst
urbananalyst.city

Urban Analyst

Urban Analyst provides interactive maps of the properties of cities including of their transport systems and socio-demographic conditions, as well as statistical summaries of all cities.

Civic maps, Mapping tools
city, Sustainable cities and communities
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
LupaMundi
lupa.uol.com.br/lupa-mapa-leis-desinformacao

LupaMundi

O LupaMundi - Mapa das Legislações sobre Desinformação é um mapa interativo que apresenta as leis nacionais de combate à desinformação.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2023
Civic maps, Fight disinformation, Civic tech legislation and policy
Water Data Explorer
camellia-water-data-explorer-bgs.hub.arcgis.com

Water Data Explorer

The Water Data Explorer was developed by the British Geological Survey in collaboration with Imperial College London, The University of Oxford and UCL as part of the CAMELLIA project, and in partnersh...

London
Civic maps
Clean water and sanitation, city, rivers
Be šešėlio
beseselio.lt

Be šešėlio

An opportunity for every conscious member of society to contribute to the elimination of the shadow economy.

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Watchdogging and transparency, Civic maps
taxes, illicit goods, corruption
Safecity
webapp.safecity.in

Safecity

A crowdmap to report incidents of sexual and gender based violence anonymously.

Maryland
since 2012
Crowdsourcing, Issue reporting, Civic maps
Gender Equality, anti-harassment, women
Hotel Oligarch
nerhotel.hu

Hotel Oligarch

Know where you spend your money - mapping politically exposed hotel & restaurant owners

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Civic maps, Watchdogging and transparency
corruption
igyszultem.hu
igyszultem.hu

igyszultem.hu

Collaborative data collection map on informal payment in maternity care

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Civic maps
AORAI Policy Map
policy.africanobservatory.ai

AORAI Policy Map

A continent-wide map of AI policy, laws, and tools in Africa

Africa
Artificial Intelligence, Tech or Digital Policy, Civic maps
District 33 Street Tree Stewardship Map
treemap.lincolnrestler.nyc

District 33 Street Tree Stewardship Map

This map will help us grow volunteer engagement at a neighborhood level and track our progress towards increasing tree stewardship across District 33 (in New York City)

Brooklyn, NY
since 2023
Civic maps
trees, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Ruas do Género
ruasdogenero.pt

Ruas do Género

An interactive data visualization project demonstrating the gender imbalance of street names in Porto

Porto
Civic maps, Data visualization
city, Gender Equality, Sustainable cities and communities
Protestlandschaft Deutschland
protestdata.eu

Protestlandschaft Deutschland

Die Plattform protestdata.eu beinhaltet Informationen zu Protestkampagnen und Protestaktionen von 1950 bis 2020, die in mehreren Forschungsprojekten gesammelt wurden.

Berlin
Advocacy tech, Direct action, Civic maps
מפת מחאות יום ד' 1.3.23
google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1osXFkJT_dw1ad6V7v7J-rQF8K2rZk_A&ll=31.530428567611644%2C35.0369236572617&z=7

מפת מחאות יום ד' 1.3.23

"Here’s a real-time map of the hundreds of protests taking place across Israel as the pro-democracy movement there hits its ninth week of massive participation. An estimated 400,000 people turned out...

Israel (Jisra'el) 🇮🇱
since 2023
Mapping, Civic maps, Activism aggregators
NYC FloodNet
dataviz.floodnet.nyc

NYC FloodNet

Real-time flood sensors were developed by the FloodSense project at NYU and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), with a goal of providing information on the presence, frequency, and depth...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2023
Civic maps
floods
Environmental Justice Index Explorer
onemap.cdc.gov/portal/apps/sites/#/eji-explorer

Environmental Justice Index Explorer

The Environmental Justice Index (EJI) scores census tracts using a percentile ranking which represents the proportion of tracts that experience cumulative impacts of environmental burden and injustice...

Civic maps
Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities
Colorado Broadband Hub
broadbandhub.colorado.gov

Colorado Broadband Hub

The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) leads the statewide effort to expand broadband coverage and quality for all Coloradans and coordinates all broadband efforts for Colorado.

Colorado
since 2023
Civic maps, Connectivity, Dashboards
state
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap activation Turkey earthquake
eventbrite.it/e/mapathon-in-support-of-turkiye-tickets-538836052137

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap activation Turkey earthquake

With this mapathon, the UN Mappers community wants to join the efforts of the NGO Yer Çizenler and the OpenStreetMap community to map buildings and roads in the area.

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
since 2023
Mapping, Civic maps, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
Public Interest AI world map
publicinterest.ai/tool/map

Public Interest AI world map

This interactive global map of Public Interest AI projects aims to help foster research on Public Interest AI projects, demonstrate their self-understanding, and provide publicly accessible data about...

Humboldt-Institut Berlin, Invalidenstraße, Berlin, Germany
Civic tech catalogs, Civic maps, Artificial Intelligence
Precarious Lives
experience.arcgis.com/experience/9103e729525543df8c2ee08ccfd0d899/page

Precarious Lives

The Beirut Urban Lab is launching a platform that documents the processes and mechanisms that generate housing precarity in today’s Beirut.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic maps
housing, No poverty, landlord
Beirut Urban Observatory
beirut-urban-observatory-aub.hub.arcgis.com

Beirut Urban Observatory

The Beirut Urban Observatory is a platform of geolocalized urban data informing ongoing post-blast recovery efforts.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Civic maps, Civic data
Mapping NGOs Repairs
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/854/mapping-ngo%E2%80%99s-repairs

Mapping NGOs Repairs

Between March and September 2021, BUL researchers identified around 80 NGOs that participated in shelter repair within the neighborhoods severely affected by the August 2020 port blast. The data and f...

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Civic maps, Watchdogging and transparency
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Beirut Built Environment Database
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/561/built-environment-database

Beirut Built Environment Database

The Beirut Built Environment Database is a platform gathering geolocalised social, environmental, and economic information on building activity in the Greater Beirut Area.

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic data, Civic maps
city, landlord, land
Kenya Digital Public Works
spatialcollective.com/kenya-digital-public-works

Kenya Digital Public Works

"DPW set out to answer a question: Can the youth use affordable and widely available technologies to gather the information necessary to support informal settlement upgrading?"

Nairobi
Civic data, Mapping, Civic maps
housing, informal settlements
OpenSidewalks
opensidewalks.com

OpenSidewalks

Openly mapping for the pedestrian experience.

Seattle, WA
Assistive and Accessible Tech, Civic data, Civic maps
place-based, city, OpenStreetMap
AccessMap
accessmap.app

AccessMap

A map of Seattle and areas with accessibility in mind, including hill steepness and sidewalk curb barriers

Seattle, WA
Civic maps, Assistive and Accessible Tech
Western Fire Chiefs Association Fire Map
wfca.com/fire-map

Western Fire Chiefs Association Fire Map

Tracking Current Wildfires in the US

Civic maps, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
fires
Beirut Urban Lab
beiruturbanlab.com

Beirut Urban Lab

Refugees as City-Makers

Raymond Ghosn Building, American University of Beirut, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture PO Box. 11-0236 Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut Lebanon
Civic maps, Academia, Research and policy centers
city, refugees, Sustainable cities and communities
Citizens Police Data Project
invisible.institute/police-data

Citizens Police Data Project

The Citizens Police Data Project (CPDP.co) is a tool for holding police accountable to the public they serve. By Invisible Institute

Chicago, IL
Civic maps, Open justice, Watchdogging and transparency
criminal justice
UNDP Transparency Portal
open.undp.org

UNDP Transparency Portal

Open database and map of recipients, donors

Level 21, One United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017
Civic maps, Civic data, Open philanthropy
United Nations, United Nations Development Programme
Air Alliance Houston
airalliancehouston.org

Air Alliance Houston

Air Alliance Houston is a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.

Houston
Crowdsourcing, Civic maps
air quality
Counting India
countingindia.com

Counting India

Making Census Data Easy to Use

Hyderabad
Civic data, Data visualization, Civic maps
census
Tech Materials Tour
earth.google.com/web/data=MkEKPwo9CiExN2JfOF9ZUG5Zc01wMUZMVTl1aHdFODJSbVRDY1hiOHASFgoUMEZDMzYxMDM2RjIyNTYzOTlFRTUgAQ

Tech Materials Tour

A Google Earth tour of the raw material extraction that powers our tech products, by Melissa Hsiung

Walking tours, Civic maps
sustainability, supply chain
FloodLight
pak-flood.ushahidi.io/views/map

FloodLight

Ushahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Civic maps, Mapping, Crowdsourcing
floods
InfoNile
infonile.org

InfoNile

InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

Tanzania, United Republic of (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) 🇹🇿
Engagement journalism, Media, Civic data
Clean water and sanitation, rivers, local
The New Deal Map
livingnewdeal.org/map

The New Deal Map

We've mapped more than 17,000 New Deal sites and now have more than 100 sites documented in every state.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic maps, Archives
I need an abortion
ineedana.com

I need an abortion

We’re here to help you understand how to get an abortion.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic data, Civic maps
Good health and well-being, health, women's health
CCCNY Map of Community Resources in NYC
data.cccnewyork.org/assetmapping#?domain=1245&assets=Bank&communities=8%7C17

CCCNY Map of Community Resources in NYC

Mapping data on economic security, housing, health, education and more in NYC

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Civic maps, Access social benefits
River Sentiment Dashboard
riversentiment.app

River Sentiment Dashboard

Linking river health to wellbeing in the Thames basin

University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UK
Public sentiment tools, Civic maps, Media and social media analysis
Clean water and sanitation, rivers
Disinformation campaign map
jigsaw.google.com/the-current/disinformation/dataviz

Disinformation campaign map

A map visualizing the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab research on coordinated disinformation campaigns.

Washington, DC
Media, Fight disinformation, Civic maps
Eltették
eltettek.hu/#/terkep

Eltették

An interactive map to show the billions worth of properties that went from state-owned to privately owned in recent years, together with K Monitor

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Civic maps, Watchdogging and transparency
real estate, corruption
A guide to anti-misinformation legal actions around the world
poynter.org/ifcn/anti-misinformation-actions

A guide to anti-misinformation legal actions around the world

Poynter's global guide on existing attempts to legislate against what can broadly be referred to as online misinformation

Media, Fight disinformation, Civic tech legislation and policy
guides
Draw Congress
drawcongress.org

Draw Congress

By the Stanford Public Interest Redistricting Project. The student plans uploaded here are guided by one or more clearly-identified redistricting principles, and attempt to comply with all applicable...

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Civic maps, Voting and elections
gerrymandering
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