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Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant Internet Happenings, Events and Sources
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
OpenPlans - Using Open Source Technology To Change the Way That Cities and Citizen Interact http://openplans.org/
OpenPlans is a non-profit technology organization helping to open up government and improve transportation systems. They build open source software. They help agencies open up their data. THey report on urban issues. They offer technical assistance to public agencies, and they build communities around their initiatives in order to seed an open and evolving ecosystem of technology tools that further the public interest. Theu have launched OpenGeo, Streetfilms, Streetsblog, GothamSchools, Civic Commons, OpenTripPlanner and more. They have a particular interest in transportation and urban planning. And they are just getting started. They are a team of 50 transit nerds, journalists, and engineers and are based in New York City, but have staff and projects located in far off places (like Portland and Australia). This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
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