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A collection of 51 posts

Civic Tour of Duty for Startups

Civic Tour of Duty for Startups

The story of how a SF Bay Area startup embraced government technology and civic innovation Technology startups in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Silicon Valley, the global hot spot for innovation, do

Deconstructing The Women's March

Deconstructing The Women's March

A few weekends ago, across the U.S. and across the world, women marched and protested against the misogyny of Donald Trump. It comes as no surprise that, within the U.S., these

Do We Ever Leave Our Political Bubbles?

Do We Ever Leave Our Political Bubbles?

The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election left people on both sides of the political aisle very surprised. Many media outlets, pollsters and political predictors hadn’t seen it coming. Since then, several articles

Making Cities Smarter at the White House

Making Cities Smarter at the White House

CITYDATA.ai had the distinguished honor of being invited by President Barack Obama's Office of Science and Technology Policy [https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp] to the White House Smart

How the U.S. Goes to Work

How the U.S. Goes to Work

From the 1950s onward, the U.S. has been a nation of car commuters. Our country developed alongside the rise of the automobile and the present-day urban geography reflects the car's

CityDash for San Francisco Bay Area cities

CityDash for San Francisco Bay Area cities

C [http://lotadata.com/]ITYDATA.ai transforms time and place into actionable context for smart cities, enterprise businesses, mobile apps and wearables. STIR 2016 One of the few companies selected to join STIR

Making Sense of the Census: Polygons

Making Sense of the Census: Polygons

The U.S. Census Bureau [https://www.census.gov/en.html] provides a very intricate and sometimes unstructured hierarchy of geospatial geometries that link back to the U.S. demographic data. This post

Neighborhood Data Landscape: Geometry

Neighborhood Data Landscape: Geometry

Intro What neighborhood related datasets are openly available, how good are they, and how can I use them? These are essential questions for any project looking to use or understand neighborhoods. This first