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Dec. 21, 2016 7:48 am
Summer of Maps is back and nonprofits should apply for a fellow by Feb. 5
Get yourself a fellow and visualize your data.
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Oct. 18, 2016 3:34 pm
All 223 miles of Philly’s park trails have been mapped with Google Trekker
Two outdoorsy-types were contracted by the city to hike the parks earlier this year. Six months later, the job is complete.
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Sep. 30, 2016 7:55 am
These data visuals show how Big Tobacco is impacting low-income communities
Joe Camel has been known to set his sights on the impoverished. This Smoke Free Philly data story shows how that's happening in Philadelphia.
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Jun. 7, 2016 3:18 pm
Camden youth and local civic hackers made these neat maps over the weekend
Youth and staff at nonprofit Hopeworks 'N Camden worked with corporate partners and state and federal officials for the National Day of Civic Hacking.
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May 19, 2016 8:38 am
Use this map to find out which local impact organizations are using open data
Only organizations and businesses that submit themselves (and are approved) earn a spot on the map.
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Mar. 17, 2016 11:20 am
Yikes. Northwest Philly is looking a little … dumpy
The area is brimming with illegal dump sites, according to local trash tracker Kelly O'Day.
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Mar. 9, 2016 12:10 pm
These two Philly data companies are in on the White House Opportunity Project
Reinvestment Fund's PolicyMap and GIS firm Azavea are two of 12 companies getting in on the federal initiative that hopes to create opportunity in underserved communities with open data.
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Feb. 5, 2016 9:22 am
Identify potentially unsafe buildings with this tool
To help prioritize building inspections, local data scientists Ken Steif and Stacey Mosley put together a proof of concept predictive model that can identify potentially unsafe buildings.
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Jan. 22, 2016 11:50 am
How the US Forest Service is connecting Philly environmental orgs with a map
They're trying to identify gaps in the network.
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Jan. 21, 2016 9:45 am
How this Camden-based nonprofit is using GIS to prevent water crisis
Hopeworks 'N Camden is employing youth to collect and map water asset data.