Open Source Tools
The Houston Community Data Connections (HCDC) compiles and organizes neighborhood level data from various sources to facilitate the use of data and inform... [read more]
We have launched the Northwest Open Data Exchange (NODE), a platform that pulls together the immense quantities of open data generated by PSU faculty,... [read more]
Several NNIP partners applied for the latest Knight News Challenge asking "How might we make data work for individuals and communities?"
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This session was conducted by NeighborhoodInfo DC for a group of local area nonprofits who are partipating in the... [read more]
The Community Research Institute has released the first phase of Community Profiles 2.0 for the Grand Rapids area. This phase aims to build upon CRI's existing work in housing and economics within... [read more]
Hack for Change Louisville was organized to conencide with the National Day of Civic Hacking. This day-long event focused on building five projects: WFPL Radio's Curious City project, a pet... [read more]
The Milwaukee Data Initiativein coalition with local developers, the City of Milwaukee, the County of Milwaukee and BucketWorks to tackle local data projects as part of the National Day of Civic... [read more]
In 2014, D3’s Prototype project, ConCensus, had two overarching goals: (1) to deepen our methods of community engagement and (2) learn about the needs and challenges around tools for collecting... [read more]
PlanningCamp is an unconference in Oakland sponsored by the Urban Strategies Council and OpenPlans for ... [read more]
Our continual effort to share information expeditiously has found another portal. We are... [read more]
Visualizing Neighborhoods is a day-long event to bring together neighborhood leaders, technologists, data visualizers, designers, artists, scientists, civil servants, and... [read more]
The Knight Foundation Community News Challenge posed the question: "How might we improve the way citizens and governments interact?"
Two NNIP partners responded to the call for ideas. The... [read more]
For almost a decade the Providence Neighborhood Profiles have been a critical resource for government, community organizations, and people simply interested in learning about the City. With... [read more]
UCSUR’s Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS) is helping to organize the first ever Steel City Codefest on February 24 and 25. Codefest will challenge software... [read more]
Peter Tatian, an Urban Insitute staff member and project leader for NeighborhoodInfoDC, and two other NNIP partner... [read more]
In collaboration with Boston Parks Advocates, MAPC developed an interactive website for Boston area parks (website no longer maintained as of July 2016). Users can search for parks by activity and... [read more]
InfoWorks is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Department of Education and The Providence Plan. The InfoWorks site is designed as user-friendly, easily accessible resource for anyone... [read more]
CI:Now was awarded a one-year $50,000 operating grant from the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation to support child data integration and... [read more]
This Knight News Challenge Entry is entitled "Giving Voice to Louisiana’s Recovery: Data stories of resiliency and demographic change" It proposes to create visualizations of Southeast Louisiana’... [read more]
This Knight News Challenge entry would enable anyone to add narrative clarity to static data visualizations with a web-ready, no coding required, interactive annotation tool. It includes using... [read more]
This Knight News Challenge entry proposes to create "FactTalk" to blend words, graphics, and numbers in a platform enabling conversation and action planning around the data.
Mobile-friendly... [read more]
The Poverty Center's Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web Application (NST Web App) was selected as a... [read more]
The MetroBoston DataCommon has been our region's go-to data viewer and web mapper since 2007. At Data Day, MAPC and the Boston Foundation will officially launch the DataCommon 2.0, completely... [read more]
We are building an opensource local resource directory to replace our current asset service provider system. This is a Rails based app built on the Heroku platform and will be rapidly deployable... [read more]
To help inform residents and engage them in neighborhood issues, the Knight Foundation has given a grant to the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to connect residents to an extensive data... [read more]
Floodlight: See and show your community in a new light
Your story matters. Without it, nothing happens. Floodlight is a new, free web-based storytelling project that gives... [read more]
Public Health - Seattle & King County joined the Open Indicator Consortium in late 2010. We have begun development of an application to run on-demand analyses of population-based vital... [read more]
Rise has launched its new website, www.datagateway.org, completing a major phase in the transition to a dynamic electronic resource for the many... [read more]