CIVICS is the first civic innovation map developed daily by citizens throughout Latin America.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

The Open Cities Accra Project seeks to make Alogboshie and its environs resilient to natural disasters, especially flooding. The project will also involve the remote mapping of Nima, Akweteman and Alajo.

The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke

• books

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Learn about the air we breathe.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Supporting the transformation of cities towards a more sustainable mobility through data analysis and digital communication.

• mobility
• project tracking

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data visualization

Researchers used satellite and cell phone data to map how malaria spreads throughout Namibia and show where elimination efforts have the greatest impact.

• The People
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Enhancing everyday visualisation practice through generative and evaluative design tools for data scientists

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Data visualization

Placemark Story was a way to create and share interactive map stories.

• Graveyard
• Mapping tools
• Narrative tech

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

ClickLaw provides legal information and a map of legal support services in British Columbia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Axon Vibe provides smartphone app technology that enables public transport operators to deliver personalized communications based on users’ commuting behavior.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is an enjoyable society of map enthusiasts. We have yearly meetings, an online discussion forum, and we work on a variety of projects and publications which promote good map making. We hope you’ll drop by and be a part of our collegial community.

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Illinois allocates an incredible amount of money to incarcerate people from Chicago's poorest neighborhoods — sometimes millions for residents on individual city blocks. There are more effective ways to invest public dollars.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker, an online tool for monitoring Free Speech challenges and controversies in education, civil society, and government.

• democracy
• free speech

• Media
• Research and policy centers
• Media and social media analysis

Un mapa del poder en España, con fuentes verificables y listo para investigar y compartir

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

In the beginner's mind there are…

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Expose voter suppression and election interference as you witness it to a live map with SeeSay2020.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

Crash Data Explorer is an open source analysis and engagement tool for urban pedestrian and bike safety.

• cycling
• mobility

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

Povezave med lobisti, lobiranci, podjetji in državnimi institucijami v omrežjih vpliva.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic maps

Safecity provides you with a collection of curated resources ranging from safety products, mobile applications, self defence classes and important legal information to help you stay safe and take necessary action in case you have been harassed. You can reach out to us to connect you to an advocate in our circle.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Wearable technology to map subjective perception of air quality. Pollution Explorers is a participatory project exploring air quality issues through people’s subjective perception and wearable technology.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

Bonayo is free user-supported software that helps San Francisco citizens see every 311 call in the City.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Mapped: The innovation labs transforming government — and how to get in touch

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

The Land Access for Neighborhood Development (LAND) mapping tool visualizes the distribution of local institutional and government-owned vacant and underused properties.

• housing

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Experience the power of a nuclear blast in your area

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

A map of the Internet measuring its compliance with human Rights (R), evaluating its Openness (O) and Accessibility (A), and assessing the involvement of Multistakeholder actors (M) in its governance

• human rights

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers

We would like to invite you to the new Code For Tallahassee brigade and the unveiling of our flagship project Roadmaps to the Future (RM2F)

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

A boycott app for the Hong Kong democracy movement

• apps

• Organize campaigns
• Boycott or buycott

Citizen engagement, Civic Tecn, Open Data, and Data Visualization in The City of Buenaventura

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

A freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago.

• crime

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Unfiltered.News maps what important news stories might not be covered in your country, using the Google News corpus to allow internet users to discover which stories are being covered in certain locations, how different countries cover stories differently, and how issue coverage changes over time.

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

We have developed a data visualisation app which enables you to upload and visualise exports from both the Tombolo Digital Connector and your commonly used GIS systems online.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps
• Mapping

Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

• guides

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Mobile micro-fundraising and awareness platform for charities

• apps

• Mapping
• Mapping platforms
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Check out the world leading Air Pollution API.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Microsoft Soundscape was a project from Microsoft Research that explored the use of innovative audio-based technology to enable people to build a richer awareness of their surroundings, thus becoming more confident and empowered to get around.

• apps
• Microsoft

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Map of Open Data, Civic Technology and social innovation in Latin America

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

A map of local restaurants offering pick-up and delivery

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

We build open source software, digital infrastructure, and governance frameworks to enable public-private collaboration and the seamless exchange of transport data.

• cities
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A field scan of blockchain for social good projects by the Stanford Graduate School of Business

• reports

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

A UNICEF Mobile and Web Digital Mapping Solution

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Code for All Global Summit

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

We developed the Community Maturity Model™ (CMM) to help organizations understand, plan for and assess the performance of community and social business initiatives.

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Measure air quality yourself

• air quality

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization