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Data visualization

Tools and platforms that visually present information and facilitate understanding of it, such as dashboards. See The Data Viz Catalog for a catalog of types of data visualizations.

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Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy: Data Tool
democracy.candid.org

Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy: Data Tool

Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy is a data visualization platform featuring tens of thousands of grants, available to anyone interested in understanding philanthropy's role in U.S. democracy

Funders & donors, Get funding, The People
research
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
OpenBudgets
openbudgets.eu

OpenBudgets

A toolbox for analyzing and visualizing public budget data as well as support participatory budgeting

Europe
Participatory budgeting, Budget explorers, Data visualization
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
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
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
Data Lanterns
datalanterns.com

Data Lanterns

illuminating local water quality through data performances for collective action

MIT Media Lab
Adjacent Fields, Artistic interventions, Specific campaigns
Clean water and sanitation
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
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)
vida.engineering.nyu.edu

NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)

The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical socie...

New York University
Learn about civic tech, Peer-reviewed research, Research and policy centers
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
Strategic Food Price Information Center
infopangan.jakarta.go.id

Strategic Food Price Information Center

Pusat Informasi Harga Pangan Strategis difokuskan pada diseminasi informasi harga bahan pangan strategis yaitu komoditas pangan yang dikonsumsi masyarakat secara luas atau memiliki bobot kontribusi in...

Jakarta
since 2013
Data visualization
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
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
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
Dominion
dominion.africa

Dominion

Dominion makes data available to help add context and authority to public discourse and policy-making on vital issues of land ownership.

Africa
Open civic data, Data visualization
land, Climate action
SeeClickFix Report Card
blog.seeclickfix.com/using-311-data-to-drive-change-and-manage-performance-581dd98a8240

SeeClickFix Report Card

Using 311 Data to Drive Change and Manage Performance

New Haven, CT
since 2018
Dashboards, Data visualization, Evaluate impact
Vision Zero NYC map
coolmaps.esri.com/Dashboards/VisionZero

Vision Zero NYC map

A map visualizing traffic in the city with incidents

New York City Department of Transportation, Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, NY
since 2014
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
mobility
Seattle Boundaries
web.archive.org/web/20210128052833/https://boundaries.seattle.io

Seattle Boundaries

Seattle has a lot of boundaries: city council districts, school districts, police beats, & a lot more. This tool makes it easy to know which boundaries you’re in so you can better understand how city...

Seattle, WA
since 2016
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
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