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Almost a fifth of NYC’s officially published collision data is ambiguous or wrong
Almost a fifth of NYC’s officially published collision data is ambiguous or wrong “The success rate was much less than the combined ArcGIS/Google approach: almost 18% of the intersections could not be associated with lon/lats. However, the Geoclient’s error messages are great. Instead of pulling the wrong lon/lat or nothing at all, it identifies exactly…
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TOMORROW: Downtown Local Government Professionals Happy Hour
Time: Friday, January 31st at 6PM Place: Jeremy’s Alehouse at 228 Front St, Manhattan Make some friends in local gov and support businesses affected by Sandy! Hosted by Nivardo Lopez, Rebecca Godlewicz, Mary Cooley and Yume Kitasei.
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Launching [BetaNYC-Dev]
Over the last year, we started hosting hacknights to empower the civic hacker community. In that time, we heard quite a bit of feedback from developers on demystifying datasets and government practice. Yet, we struggled to find the right away to connect developers, designers, and data scientist to each other. After some feedback, we are…
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#Reinvent311 Mobile Content Challenge
#Reinvent311 Mobile Content Challenge nycopendata: In a City where 70% of 311 calls are resolved simply by providing information, the #Reinvent311 challenge asked civic technologists to develop mobile tools to provide 311 information more quickly and effectively. On January 15, #Reinvent311 finalists from across the city came together to share…
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A collection of NYC’s City-Wide GIS Maps
This is to a collection of official NYC maps. These maps are created by the NYC’s City-wide GIS department. They have a blog, a user guide, and a “Missing Manual.” All of these maps grow from a central map, NYC Map. In general, these maps are updated frequently and the base tool is under constant…
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BetaNYC’s #BeyondTransparency Kickoff Event Summary
QUICK RECAP: For the next seven weeks, BetaNYC is exploring how to build tools for City Council, their staff, and Community Boards. This is us doubling down on our open data and open government advocacy, while educating a new crop of elected officials and their staff. BetaNYC’s #BeyondTransparency will culminate in Code Across NYC, a…
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The main path to reducing inequality and broadening the city’s prosperity will be better education and training to help New Yorkers prepare for the jobs of the future, and if Mr. de Blasio successfully addresses that issue, his legacy as a great mayor will be secure. New York, the Silicon City – NYTimes.com
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Whoever comes after him, [Mr. Merchant, NYC’s DoITT Commissioner] said, he hopes that he or she won’t have the same range of responsibilities. He’s advocating splitting his role into three: commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, director of the TDC, and CIIO. (He talked of “20 months of 20-hour days.”) As he…
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Happy Four Freedoms Day
Happy Four Freedoms Day Today in 1941, FDR articulated four fundamental freedoms that everyone in the world should enjoy: Freedom of speech Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear
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Running an Inclusive Hackathon — Hackers and Hacking — Medium
Running an Inclusive Hackathon — Hackers and Hacking — Medium Here are some ideas on making hackathons appeal to everyone.
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Still in beta… This building mostly focuses on commercial and public buildings. I can’t wait till it is expand to private residences. nycedc: The NYC Broadband Map launches today! See high-speed broadband availability and express demand in your neighborhood if it isn’t yet available. There are almost 2,000 commercial buildings on the NYC Broadband Map already, but…
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nycTWG’s letter to de Blasio on technology and transition
Jennifer Jones Austin & Carl WeisbrodCo-Chairs Mayor-Elect de Blasio Transition Committee December 18, 2013 Dear Co-Chairs Austin and Weisbrod: We write today to draw your attention to the historic opportunity the de Blasio administration has to harness the explosion in everyday Internet and mobile technology. This new technology can help the average New Yorker get…
