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This project focuses on the collection and sharing of open data activities within the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP). It includes outreach efforts to open data advocates, a framing paper, sharing of national data and visualizations, and discussions on lessons learned and future plans.
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NNIP AND OPEN DATA National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership Kathy Pettit Providence Meetings September 14, 2012
Project Components • Collecting and sharing NNIP open data activities • Outreach to Open Data advocates • Framing paper • Sharing national data / visualizations • Lessons and future plans
Collecting/sharing NNIP open data activities • NNIP website: new issue area & cross-site project pages • NNIP Partner website review • Almost 60% of partners have downloadable neighborhood data (excel, text file, etc.), but many difficult to find • About half have interactive maps or charts • NNIP Partner Open Data survey • 28 responses, hoping for 100% participation
Outreach to Open Data advocates • Transparency Camp (April) • Code for America meeting (June) • Foo (Friends of O’Reilly) Tech “Camp” (June) • International Open Data Conference (July) • Open Plans interviews for Living Cities research on technology and low-income residents (August)
Other items • Framing paper (December draft) • Summary material from surveys • Interviews for Chicago case study • Sharing national data & visualizations • Talking with National Historic GIS at Minnesota Population Center • Begun to research open data catalog sites • Focus for early 2013 • Partner workgroup? Webinar?
Transition to next session • Open data and open source often travel together • BUT.. Open data can be shared through non-open source systems (Socrata) • AND… Open source software can be used with proprietary or confidential data