I spent last Friday at ScraperWiki’s Journalism Data Camp NY, hosted at the Columbia School of Journalism. ScraperWiki is a really interesting project. There is a lot of data on the web that isn’t readily machine-readable. Turning this data into something that can be made more useful to the public – for example, by putting it Continue reading
Heading to the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting? We’ll be there. Here’s where you can catch us: Curious about web tools or social media in planning? Frank Hebbert is presenting about web-based planning tools on Sunday at 1:30pm, at “Incorporating Web-Based Tools into Transportation Practices” (session 156, at the Marriott) Want to find out more about Continue reading
OpenPlans was on TV! WNYC’s “NYC 2.0: The Travelers” took a glimpse at the projects and initiatives that are being developed here at OpenPlans, and the philosophy and guiding light behind it all. Fast forward to 11:00 to see Jeff Maki explain our involvement with MTA’s Bus Time, followed by interviews with our founder and Chairman, Continue reading
Transit maps are objects of identities of the city, they spark infinite discussion and, of course, help people get to where they want to go. For decades, the 2D map was the primary way for a customer to interact with the system. Designers were constrained by the physical limitation and customers were constrained by just Continue reading
Civic Works’ Frank Hebbert and Francisca Rojas of the Transparency Policy Project propose a panel discussion for SXSW 2012 called “Communities of Transparency: Open Data in Action“. Many open government initiatives have been supply-side efforts that post data that is too obscure, too complex, or too out of date to be of any real value to Continue reading