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How does this compare to OpenGov's offering?
by modarts 12y ago
How does this compare to OpenGov's offering?
- andrewliebchen 12y agoThis looks like another Socrata-based offering. Socrata allows cities to dump their datasets online for consumption. Certainly this makes the data more available than ever before, but it doesn't do much to help the ordinary citizen parse and understand their own city. OpenGov on the other hand, consumes city financial information, organizes and visualizes it in such a way that anyone can easily explore and understand their city's finances. Socrata's great if you want to get an RSS feed of all the parking tickets issued in your city; OpenGov's great if you want to actually see how your city is spending your tax dollars. Disclaimer: I'm a designer at OpenGov :)