Products

URBANFOOTPRINT

Provides sector-specific insights to answer critical questions on urban transformation and policy, community resilience, hazard and climate risk, and social equity

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USASpending

REVEALGC & ALTERYX

Tracks and analyzes the impact of disaster relief funding for mitigation and recovery efforts using big data, aerial imagery, predictive analytics and geo-spatial technologies

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USASpending FEMA Monthly Disaster Spending Reports FEMA Annual Performance Report FEMA Disaster Summaries FEMA Mission Summaries FEMA Public Assistance HHS Annual Performance Report HUD Fair Market Rents IRS CDC/SVI Census DOL BLS

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IDEA

Educates young students about air quality and bus emissions and encourages students, parents, and teachers to create healthier school environments

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EPA Idle-Free Schools Toolkit

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Increases engagement in secondary civics education through a series of informational modules with quizzes focused on foreign assistance

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FAE dashboard USASpending Foreign Assistance Resource Library

BITES MEDIA

Offers a series of news and information modules on foreign aid, federal budget, diplomacy, strategic initiatives, and an overview of the State Department for middle and high school students.

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State foreignassistance.gov Congressional Research Service usa.gov GAO CBO

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Helps small business owners in Maine to grow together by providing them with information necessary to start/expand their business

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Census County Business Patterns

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Simplifies and visualizes federal open data to support storytelling for rural economic development

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Census ACS FCC Form 477 BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages EPA National Walkability Index BEA GDP and Industry Data HUD Fair Market Rents

CITI VENTURES

Provides data-driven transparency into communities’ needs, so investors can create targeted positive impact through local investments.

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Census ACS FCC Form 477 Institute of Museums and Library Services Museum Data Files Public Libraries Survey CDC Social Vulnerability Index USDA Food Access Research Atlas National Council of State Housing Agencies SEC EDGAR database

HARVARD UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

Visualizes the location of discarded fishing nets and explores solutions for policymakers, NGOs, and the general public

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Global Fishing Watch's Anchorages Dataset Earth Challenge 2020 Integrated Data

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY COMPUTER SCIENCE

Increases awareness of beach cleanup events and helps organizers plan future cleanups by predicting number of volunteers needed.

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Earth Challenge Integrated Data: Plastic Pollution (MLW, MDMAP, TIDES)

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BEECK CENTER

Tracks plastic pollution on college campuses and educates students on the impacts of plastics in their communities through educational modules, a dashboard, and a playbook.

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Earth Challenge Integrated Dataset Earth Challenge 2020 app

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

Identifies neighborhoods for people seeking to move to locations with better air quality

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Census ACS EPA National Emissions Inventory National Lung Association State of the Air

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Compiles and analyzes real-time data on traffic patterns and air pollution in the District of Columbia to allow policymakers to explore the effect of transportation on air quality

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EPA AirNow Open Data DC Street Segments API DC GIS Master Address Repository TomTom Traffic API

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

Visualizes the effect of plastic bans on coastal plastic pollution for policy makers and advocates

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Earth Challenge 2020 Consolidated Data

BARUCH COLLEGE

Tracks the flow of COVID-19 related spending by the federal government and its impact on economic recovery

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USA Spending

CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION (CORI)

Creates digital economy reports for rural leaders designing economic development strategies

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Census ACS NAICS, DOE College Scorecard Census County Population by Characteristics Census County Business Patterns USPTO Inventors Geocoded

TIERRA PLAN

Facilitates rural economic development by connecting remote workers with rural communities

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FCC Broadband data Census ACS EPA Smart Location Database EPA Atlas of Rural America EPA Livability Indicators

GRAPHICACY

Helps recently resettled refugees locate vital services within their area, and see the landscape of refugees around the United States by country of origin.

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State Department WRAPSNET Charity Navigator

GEORGETOWN MCCOURT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Enables refugees to identify community resources near them during and after their resettlement period to the United States

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State Department WRAPSnet NTIA BroadbandUSA

USAHELLO + SAS

Connects immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers connect with resources in their area, using a data set built in partnership with service organizations

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State WRAPSnet FindHello database

ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.

Helps economically disadvantaged Americans break the cycle of generational poverty and create a positive path to self-sufficiency

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HHS Poverty Guidelines Census Income and Poverty Census ACS GAO

COUNCIL EXCHANGE BOARD OF TRADE

Connects service providers and low income families using evidence-based solutions to align program resources that enable self-sufficiency and economic mobility

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HUD Picture of Subsidized Households HUD Federal Programs HUD EnVision Centers HUD Opportunity Zones IRS SOI Tax Stats Census

GREER INSTITUTE-ISC IDISPLA CONSORTIUM

Provides novel insights to promote economic self-sufficiency to low-income familites by integrating federal data and user-generated content

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HUD Census Bureau ACS FCC Broadband

JULIUS EDUCATION

Brings job opportunities and career maps to life, enabling a clear path for job seekers to training and employment

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Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators Census Economic Data BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

GEOSURGE

Lowers the barrier to learning about agricultural imagery for farmers and anyone who wants to learn.

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National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

MAPBOX

Provides a gentle on-ramp and simple way to explore NAIP imagery for users at USDA and the farmers they serve

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National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

NEW LIGHT TECHNOLOGIES

PAGAF uses NAIP data to provide free precision agriculture services to farmers.

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USDA NAIP USDA Cropland Data Layer ESA Sentinel 2

RESOURCE RECYCLING SYSTEMS (RRS)

A certification for material recovery facilities reflecting level of community relationship, material sorting, value of materials, and end market success

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Census EPA WARM Model EPA Municipal Solid Waste Report

CODE FOR TUCSON

Highlights the issue of ocean plastic pollution through an interactive game for all age groups.

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Earth Challenge Integrated Data: Top 10 Sources of Plastic Pollution by Country Earth Challenge Integrated Data: Plastic Pollution (MLW, MDMAP, TIDES)

ESRI

Compiles tangible and novel data sets to energize public consciousness and provide new insights into the problem of ocean plastic pollution, offering actions for citizens and policymakers worldwide to solve the crisis of plastic waste ending up in our oceans.

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Citizen Science Portal Interpol GRID-Arendal US EPA PEW Woldemar d’Ambrières

SAP

Empowers city officials to make informed decisions around waste management that lead to transparency, investment and job creation through the development of a circular economy

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Illinois EPA Association of Plastics Recyclers Illinois Recycling Association Plastics Markets - Buyers and Sellers Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries The Recycling Partnership

ECO BLOC

Creates a B2B Marketplace for recycled materials that helps to enable local circular economies.

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EPA Facts and Figures about Materials Waste and Recycling USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries

NEXTDAYBETTER

Defines demographic profiles and psychographic barriers to design culturally relevant stories that community organizations can use to engage seniors and young adults from the Puerto Rican and Filipino diasporas and raise awareness of how the Census impacts their lives

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CIVIS ANALYTICS

Empowers local leaders and Census coordinators to run data-driven outreach campaigns and avoid an undercount

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Census Bureau American Community Survey Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Civis Analytics’ survey and message testing technology

COLUMBIA

Supports policymakers in resource allocation by predicting decennial Census response rates by day for each census tract, and comparing them to the true rates

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Census Bureau Response Rate

EXCELLA

Helps Area Census Office Staff visualize and verify potential locations of individuals experiencing homelessness for enumeration

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Department of Housing and Urban Development Community partners

MEASURE OF AMERICA

Showcases Latino leadership across California and helps anyone working to improve the quality of life for Latino and Hispanic residents of California to understand both the opportunities and the challenges Latino communities

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Public Use Microdata Sample of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey

MASTERCARD

Provides community leaders with local, data-driven insights that measure the degree to which place, economy and community in a given Opportunity Zone benefit from equitable growth

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Open-source public data Mastercard’s anonymized and aggregated transaction data

SOLVE.IS

Helps small businesses, nonprofit resource centers, and institutions to better connect skills, certifications, industries and outcomes of training programs towards the right jobs in the right industry

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North American Industry Classification (NACIS) codes National Certifications Table Department of Labor O*NET Database

KANARYS

Creates more inclusive, nontoxic workplaces for individuals and their employers

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Census Bureau

EMSI

Solves talent discovery issues for entrepreneurs and small businesses seeking to hire high-tech workers

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Bureau of Labor Statistics StatsAmerica Census Bureau American Community Survey Internal Revenue Service

BURNING GLASS

Assists regional workforce and economic development conveners develop strategies and prioritize initiatives to achieve inclusive development in their regions and to build an inclusive development network that includes leaders from the civic sector, government, and industry

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Department of Labor Census Bureau US Cluster Mapping Project Proprietary Burning Glass data on labor market demand

VISA

Chatbot that empowers growth-minded entrepreneurs with the financial and business knowledge to better manage their money and make confident, informed business decisions

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Small Business Administration ‘Find Local Assistance’ resource

CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION

Reveals Opportunity Zones with emerging tech sectors so investors can discover promising rural startups ready to scale that otherwise would have been overlooked

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Census Bureau American Community Survey Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data Federal Communications Commission Form 477 Department of Education College Scorecard

REDFIN

Helps Redfin’s millions of users better understand the opportunities and tradeoffs in terms of housing, employment and other factors when looking to relocate for work or find workers for startups

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

PUBLIC DEMOCRACY

Ensures that community priorities inform Opportunity Zones strategies employed by policy decision-makers, economic development officials, and investors in Birmingham, Alabama

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American Community Survey Proprietary enterprise level marketing systems data survey data

SHIFT.ORG

Helps veterans translate their skills and visualize career and educational steps toward reaching their dream jobs in desired locations

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Department of Labor O*NET Database Bureau of Labor Statistics

REI

Visually showcases how federal grants spending leads to desired performance outcomes, enhancing federal accountability and transparency for the American public

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Department of Health and Human Services Department of Education USASpending.gov SAM.gov Grants.gov FEMA

IBM

Provides career recommendations to veterans on potential job/apprenticeship matches based on conceptual search, training recommendations, and skill gap analysis

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Career One Stop Department of Labor O*NET Database Walkingscore.com Google maps

ECIVIS

Makes homelessness statistics and related funding data easily accessible for grants professionals, researchers, government finance professionals, and citizens interested in transparency and accountability

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Census Bureau USASpending.gov SAM.gov grants.gov Department of Housing and Urban Development

SOCRATA

Fuses together disparate, non-standardized data, to provide nationwide analysis of metrics for federal and state decision-makers to support the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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Census Bureau Civil Rights Data Collection Program National Center for Education Statistics Department of Education

CIVIS ANALYTICS

An algorithm developed in partnership with SkillsEngine, a workforce development and technology nonprofit, shows veterans the most relevant registered apprenticeships based on their declared skills, interests, and military history

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Department of Labor

NEPRIS

links relevant and authentic industry content to actual job descriptions to provide learners and job seekers opportunity for career exploration and exposure

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Department of Labor O*NET Database - Department of Education

ICASA PR

Helps the municipalities and communities in Puerto Rico enhance their address infrastructure to support the reconstruction process, improve emergency response and foster a more resilient future

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Census Bureau U.S. Postal Service National Address Database (NAD) schema

DATEL OVELA

Block level structural risk product that encourages local stakeholders to prepare for crisis through increased awareness of the likelihood of catastrophic failure of their structures in a disaster. Public access using login: fema@sille.space, password: Planahead2019

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ensus block data Open EU Sentinel 1 InSAR

ESRI

Predicts geographic areas where opioid emergencies are likely to occur to help public safety and health officials pre-position the appropriate response units in order to save lives at the moment of crisis

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US Census Bureau Local emergency response data

TOMTOM

Address point capture tool that assigns coordinates, in an online or offline mode, to make non-traditionally addressed locations addressable

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U.S. National Grid

LOVELAND TECHNOLOGIES

Assesses the occupancy, condition, land use, and needs of all 1.5 million properties on the island of Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico Open Data Portal (Building Permits, Public Wifi, Public Schools, Libraries, Hospitals, Hotels) Army Corps of Engineers Old San Juan Airbnb Survey

MAPBOX

Makes it simple to see what organizations are working in which turfs for local groups to better connect with others caring for their local environment

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U.S. Forest Service environmental stewardship data

BLOOMBERG

Allows organizations to target areas to volunteer in and potential partners to successfully steward the environment

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Economic Census and American Community Survey data for Baltimore Self-reported volunteer activity

SPATIAL NETWORKS

Provides a field data crowdsourcing platform for government or agency stakeholders with gaps in their address data on the ground

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Census Bureau’s National Address Database Schema United States Department of Agriculture The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery

GEOSLUG- UC SANTA BARBARA,MOTIVF

Serious game that engages young adults in preparing for emergencies

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Federal disaster declaration and protective actions data

CARE PARTNERS PLUS

Helps veterans communicate needs to their care team in real time, identifying high-risk veterans for suicide, homelessness and substance use for improved follow-up, transparency, and accountability

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Census Bureau Department of Housing and Urban Development

PAIRIN

Helps veterans translate their developed skills into private sector careers and connect them to the education, soft skills development, and employers that can ensure their success

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Census Bureau Department of Labor O*NET database

EXCELLA

Helps youth experiencing homelessness find and access services in the Washington, DC area

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DC Department of Human Services

CISCO

Drives awareness of Census Bureau data for mobile millennials and application developers so they can solve social problems using open data available for their communities and cities

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Census Bureau American Community Survey

MIT

Web-based artificial intelligence tool that helps journalists, philanthropists, public servants, and policy advocates to search public data on demographics, criminal justice, public health, and elections

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Census Bureau Federal Bureau of Investigation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

TRUE IMPACT

Enables donors, nonprofits, and intermediary users to find funding opportunities they may qualify for

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Grants.gov database

MEASURE OF AMERICA

Free mapping and data tool for visualizing data that can help with decennial Census outreach in NYC communities by answering questions like 'What happens with Census data?' and 'Why does the Census matter to me?'

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Census Bureau

DATA.WORLD

Facilitates finding, viewing, and collaborating over data for Opportunity Project sprint participants

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Department of Education Institute of Museums and Library Services other data from federal agencies and twelve cities

MEASURE OF AMERICA

Combines various data critical to the well being of New Yorkers

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Department of Housing and Urban Development Census Bureau American Community Survey

USHAHIDI

Shares alerts of local job openings

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Virginia Open Data Catalogue Crowdsourced job reports

MAPBOX

Rapidly and easily assess neighborhood family amenities and voucher amounts for Section 8 Housing Seekers

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Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rent data OpenStreetMaps

DATA SOCIETY,KITAMBA

Brings together economic, health center, and community institution data to help school leaders find and develop community partnerships

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Census Bureau Department of Health and Human Services Institute of Museum and Library Services School District of Philadelphia Pennsylvania State Department of Education

MY SIDEWALK

Generates instant insights that address accessibility of opportunity and emotional well-being for citizens across the county

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Office of the Surgeon General Department of Transportation

CREATE

Provides dynamic location-based visualizations of hazardous traffic corridors for citizens and community decision makers

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Traffic accident and fatality data

SPLIT

Uses commuting data and bus & rail transit routes to show commuter flows and gaps in access to transit

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LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistic

OVELA

Uses live spatial and development funding data to simplify funding eligibility with virtual storytelling of our rural American communities

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United States Department of Agriculture Census Bureau Department of Transportation Department of Housing and Urban Development

FITBIT

Lets users see how average activity relates to common health issues in each state

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Aggregated and anonymous Fitbit activity data from over 10 million users

HACKERNEST

Displays current government job listings, relevant resources and shows statistics

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USA Jobs

ESRI

Uses nationwide opportunity indexes to make search for opportunity more easily obtainable

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Department of Housing and Urban Development Census Bureau American Community Survey

FLATIRON SCHOOL

Makes career exploration easy and accessible for high school students

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

REDFIN

Shows jobs individuals can get to in 30 minutes, without a car, from any address

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Department of Commerce

POLICY MAP

Allows users to identify areas of opportunity by specifying their most important priorities, including housing, jobs, schools, and transportation

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Department of Housing and Urban Development

AZAVEA

Allows users to explore transit accessibility of resources including parks, daycare centers, and health clinics

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Department of Health and Human Services City of Philadelphia Office of Management and Budget Department of Housing and Urban Development Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority New Jersey Transit State of Delaware

STREETWYZE

"Ground-truthing" neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge, answering questions including “how walkable is my city?” and “who provides childcare I can trust?”

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NATIONAL EQUITY ATLAS

Allows community leaders and policy makers to compare disaggregated demographic indicators that describe the state of equity in cities, regions, and states

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Public Use Microdata System (IPUMS) Census Bureau Geolytics, Woods & Poole Economics Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Education Statistics

SOCRATA

Allows for comparison and similarity detection of geographic regions

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ESRI

Shows where opportunities are for low income citizens with children

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Department of Housing and Urban Development