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Philly has some great digital data initiatives. I don't know if this is the norm for most cities that aren't the size of San Francisco or NYC (or have budgets t
by dmschulman 12y ago
Philly has some great digital data initiatives. I don't know if this is the norm for most cities that aren't the size of San Francisco or NYC (or have budgets that these cities have) but the City of Philadelphia has pursued excellent open data policies which have led to projects like:
https://www.opendataphilly.org/ https://www.opendataphilly.org/
http://www.phlcrimemapper.com/ http://www.phlcrimemapper.com/
The city also has an interesting github page: https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia https://github.com/CityOfPhiladelphia
I know I'm missing a couple of other great pages. AXISPhilly used to be my go-to place for open data projects here but they closed up shop in 2013.
- jarvuschris 12y agoPhilly is the 5th largest city in the country, nearly 2x the population of SF... JUST SAYIN :)
- dmschulman 12y agoYeah very true! Budget would dictate city resources more than population anyway (though budgets would also scale with population density (bigger tax base) and greater need for city resources in a perfect world). I might have overstated that case a bit in my previous comment. To note, however: I did some very preliminary research on city budgets for Philly and SF. I'm still scrolling through PDFs from the SF Comptroller's office, but phila.gov gives me this handy visual breakdown: http://www.phila.gov/openbudget/ http://www.phila.gov/openbudget/