The Municipality of Umeå in northern Sweden has added a new feature to its official website called “plow map.” As the city hosts two universities, pedestrians and cyclists are very common. Due to cost and Read More
The city of Antwerp in Belgium has successfully completed a pilot project to collect environmental data and analysis relating to air and noise pollution. The project is part of the city’s goal to improve the Read More
The city of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship (ACE) recently introduced a new map and smartphone app to promote the work of local artists. ACE worked with art technology company CANVS to create Read More
The Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab has launched a new resource to help state and local governments make better procurement decisions. The Procurement Excellence Network is a free online hub, open exclusively to those Read More
The City of Columbus, Ohio now has a solar-powered microgrid which will serve as a backup power source for a water facility. When the main power grid is down, the microgrid will enter “island mode,” Read More
The Indiana Office of Technology is partnering with the state’s two largest public universities – Purdue and Indiana University (IU) – to provide cybersecurity assessments to local governments across the state. Plans are in place Read More
The city of Athens, Greece has partnered with Google to launch an initiative that will promote the city as a tourism destination throughout the year. The initiative – “Athens. The city is the museum” – Read More
The city of Long Beach, Ca has launched a Smart City Initiative to investigate the technological training needs of residents from four specific neighborhoods. The city has partnered with the Long Beach Collaboratory (LB Co-Lab) Read More
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDoT) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) are working with Ecopia to develop a high-definition map of land cover and transportation networks in the state. The mapping project Read More
UK Power Networks – which owns and maintains electricity networks across London, the South East, and East of England – has partnered with local governments to collate 100 datasets from several sources into its open Read More
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