Month: June 2010
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PRESS:”Chicago gets geocoded, use of location-based data on the rise”(Columbia Chronicle)
Nice student story here about geo-info: Dan O’Neil, manager of business development at Chicago-based website EveryBlock, implements a similar policy. EveryBlock has collected raw data from a variety of sources to provide granular information since 2007, ranging from newly installed bike racks on the street to crimes on any particular city block, in 16 cities…
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PANEL: “Covering The City”at the Great Cities Institute at UIC
Today I participated in a panel discussion about urban reporting and research. Here’s a flyer for the event:Covering the City Complete audio of the panel here and links to the intro and Q&A.