Tag Archives: OpenGov

Top Mobile Apps for Local Governance and Planners

Posted on January 9, 2015 by glenn

TweetA recent survey of planners by Planetizen looked at mobile app that enhance public participation in local governance and planning to improve efficiency and data collection for planners. A number of fine productivity tools were mentioned in the findings, many … Continue reading →

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Open Government Tour 2014 #OGT14 Hits Victoria BC to Stimulate OpenData Dialog #opengov

Posted on August 26, 2014 by glenn

TweetA topic that is hugely hot these days, particularly with the GeoTech crowd, is Open Data. I spent an evening in the meeting chambers at our local City Hall discussing OpenData with about 2 dozen other geeks with nothing better … Continue reading →

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Esri Connecting Citizens and business With Open Data

Posted on May 1, 2014 by glenn

TweetRecall it was in February (seems ages ago!) when Esri’s Andrew Turner (@ajturner) lifted the lid off the Esri Open Data initiative,  and effort to help Governments meet their mandate to be more transparent and serve the public with more … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Opens Real Time Transit Data to the Public

Posted on November 23, 2010 by glenn

TweetAn interesting story via the O’reilly Radar touching on the City of Boston and how the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) made real time data available to the public (and perhaps more important, to developers), spurring a ton of innovation … Continue reading →

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