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A special message from NYC BigApps 2014! Register to be a mentor.
NYC BigApps launched in 2009 with a mission to open City data to the public. The competition is now the premier civic technology initiative of the City of New York. We pose a single question to our hundreds of annual participants: can you make NYC better with technology? BECOME A BIGAPPS MENTORFrom March to June,…
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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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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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Testimony to the Transportation Committee in support of Intro No 1114-A, 4 December 2013
Testimony to the Transportation Committee in support of Intro No 1114-A, 4 December 2013 It is a great honor to address you and represent New York City’s technology community, in particular, civic technologists and civic hackers, a rather active group of technologists. I am Noel Hidalgo, co-founder of BetaNYC. We’re the New York City Code for…
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The 2013 edition of Housing NYC: Rents, Markets and Trends has been published and is available for sale exclusively from CityStore in both book and CD format, but is not available as a free download. NYC Rent Guidelines Board Why NOT?!?!
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6 Nov 2013 – BetaTalk: Open NY, the state’s data team, & NYC Code for America Fellows
Nov’s 2013 (11/6) BetaTalk: Open NY, the state’s data team, & NYC Code for America Fellows. RSVP on meetup.com This is going to be a really exciting night! Two great teams who have two amazing stories! For the night, we’re going to start off with the Open NY team introducing themselves and talking about their…
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Swiss Car, Bike, and Pedestrian Crash Map – Schweizer Unfallkarte
Swiss Car, Bike, and Pedestrian Crash Map – Schweizer Unfallkarte noneck: Don’t get me wrong, this map is a great first start! While it is painful to understand that this map is a manifestation of lost lives and property, maps like this enable to turn software and data into dialogue to improve OUR STREETS. BetaNYC’s testimony to…
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Three wins – a recap on today’s #SafeStreetsMap hearing
Long story short, NYPD said that NYC shouldn’t have a crime and crash map because the data would be confusing. When CM Dan Garodnick pushed if NYPD would improve their data collection, NYPD said that the state doesn’t ask for this data so not sure if NYPD should… Eventually, CM Garodnick pushed hard and the NYPD said…
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Help use open data and maps to improve the safety of NYC
If you like Open Data, Public Safety, and Safer Streets, NYC NEEDS YOUR HELP! FIRST, the NY City Council will have a hearing on improving the NYPD’s release of crime and crash data. This past spring, the Council passed a law mandating the creation of a crime map to force NYPD to produce useable public…
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This could be the most detailed open-data map of urban gerontology in existence; the Portland project used about half of the number of property records. It’s not a flawless diamond, though. Some of the dates are approximate or inaccurate. The Ages of 1 Million New York Buildings, Mapped in Explosive Color – John Metcalfe –…
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The Open Data 500 will be the first comprehensive census of U.S.-based companies using government data to develop new products and services. The goal of the Open Data 500 is to understand how companies use open government data in their business, how it can be made more useful, and how it can help promote innovation.…
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E-ZPasses Get Read All Over New York (Not Just At Toll Booths) – Forbes
E-ZPasses Get Read All Over New York (Not Just At Toll Booths) – Forbes It would be great to have this as a public data set!
