For this month’s installment of Maptime, the group is going to put their OSM skills to work contributing to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) applies the principles of open source and open data sharing for humanitarian response and…
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Smart Chicago at the Knight Media Learning Summit
Smart Chicago’s Dan O’Neil, Demond Drummer, and Laurenellen McCann attended the Knight Media Learning Summit in Miami. The event is in it’s fourth year is specifically for community foundations, place-based foundations and media organizations looking to develop partners to bring information…
Issue Primer: Transportation
For this year’s National Day of Civic Hacking, we’re writing up primers on different civic issues to help people get a better understanding of the issues as they start working on projects. Below, we’ve listed out places where you can…
Multiple Events for National Day of Civic Hacking in Chicago
For the third annual National Day of Civic Hacking, Chicago will be playing host to multiple events. We’ve broken down the current events and we’ll be giving more updates as we get closer to the event. CitySDK Launch at Chi Hack…
Issue Primer: Safety and Justice
For this year’s National Day of Civic Hacking, we’re writing up primers on different civic issues to help people get a better understanding of the issues as they start working on projects. Below, we’ve listed out places where you can…
The Naru Project at Chi Hack Night
At Chi Hack Night, Zachary Damato and Nick Wesley from The Naru Project talked about their non-profit that focuses on incorporating artificial wetlands into our city’s river systems. The Naru Project is facilitating the design and implementation of a park consisting of…