Here's how we can make the most of open data in our cities

A well-governed, collaborative ecosystem will thrive on both open data publishing and controlled exchange of sensitive data.

Three ways to supercharge your city's open-data portal

As open data is institutionalized in more and more cities, local leaders are pushing out new types of visualizations, apps, tools, ...

Here's how city officials can make open data more useful

City officials see potential in tactical innovation ... As cities with established policies and portals look to the future, it's clear that the ...

How Cities Become Smarter Through Better Use of Data

A second step to make the most out of your data is to actively engage your citizens in the process. Smart city initiatives aim to share data the ...

Eight Guidelines for Open Data - Data-Smart City Solutions

1. IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF DATA TO ENGAGE A WIDER AUDIENCE Portals should have simple and fast data downloads coupled with more user-friendly ...

10 ways analytics can make your city smarter - SAS

It's common for government leaders to think, “That's not for us. We're not there yet.” But if your organization is collecting data of any kind, you are in a ...

How small cities can make big leaps with data - Bloomberg Cities

1. Leadership must come from the top. · 2. Someone needs to own the job of improving data practices. · 3. Data is a team sport. · 4. Make data ...

Open Data in 60 Seconds - Open Government Data Toolkit

If you've ever checked an online weather forecast, used your smartphone's GPS to find an all-night drugstore or calculated how much your city paid for road ...

Open Data Is Here: How Will You Bring Your Agency's Data to Life?

We're amazed by the sheer volume of civic-minded developers who are looking to build and deploy apps for government. Oftentimes, they don't understand what kind ...

How Cities Can Improve Open Data Programs - StateTech Magazine

The Sunlight Foundation recently gave cities a roadmap to launch open data frameworks or enrich existing ones.

Open Data Is Key to Fostering Universal Accessibility

Open data makes accessibility issues more visible. Indeed, cities are faced with everything that's not adapted for people with disabilities: a ...

Strategies to reaching the right people with open data - Opendatasoft

Often the biggest user of open data in cities are city employees themselves. They need it to improve efficiency, understand the wider context of ...

40 Brilliant Open Data Projects Preparing Smart Cities for 2018

More and more local government agencies are turning to open data and Location Intelligence to optimize current services while also preparing more ...

Open Data - Tech - Seattle.gov

The Open Data Program makes the data generated by the City of Seattle openly available to the public for the purpose of increasing the quality of life for our ...

Leveraging the Power of Open Data to Improve City Services

To continue this progress, Mayor Bowser and her staff will need to firmly establish the policy and practice of open data, catalog current data assets, build a ...

How Open Data Is Transforming City Life - Forbes

Other new businesses are tapping city data to provide residents with useful, practical information. One of the best examples is NextBus, which ...

Social, democratic and environmental impact of open data in cities?

Open Knowledge is currently doing some research into city level open data initiatives. If you know of examples that highlight the potential ...

What can Open Data offer Cities of the Future? - The Equinix Blog

As a result, governments and private enterprises are looking for ways to share and access larger data pools, and that is why we are seeing the ...

Why are some cities so good at releasing open data? Pt. 2

Last week, we looked at some of the best performers on the US City Open Data Census and the policies that helped ensure their top-notch data ...

Lessons from city pioneers on opening up data | by Open Data Charter

There are strong incentives for cities to open up their data, and the Open Data Charter can help them to do this. Open data can encourage ...