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CitySDK Overview
Jeff Meisel Chief Marketing Officer US Census Bureau
Accessibility
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Case Study: Housing Accessibility
Healthy Food Options
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Case Study: Purshables
Skills and STEAM
Programs
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Case Study: AirBNB for Tech Spaces
Emergency Management
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Case Study: NC Emergency Management Event
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Problems we are trying to solve
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What is the CitySDK
1. Set of Javascript tools, guides, and examples on Github to build web applications
2. Enhances usability and access to Census data through public APIs
3. Streamline how open data is used to build apps for cities through open-source tools
4. Support rural communities through USDA integration
5. Foster an ecosystem to improve interoperability across data silos at federal and local level
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Open-Source Project
http://uscensusbureau.github.io/citysdk/
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How it Works
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Demo
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Data Developer Tools and Data Exploration
In-Depth Tutorials
American Community Survey “Demographic Data including
Commuting Information”
LODES “Population Flows, i.e. where People
Work vs. Where they Live”
TIGERWeb “Geography data including Transportation features –
Roads/Railways”
1. Commerce Data Usability Project: Tutorial on Extending the ACS http://commercedataservice.github.io/tutorial_acs_rank/ 2. Design Comparison of LODES and ACS Commuting Data Products ftp://ftp2.census.gov/ces/wp/2014/CES-WP-14-38.pdf 3. Easy Extracts of Census LODES data (Amazon Web Services) http://conveyal.com/blog/2015/12/11/census-tools
OnTheMap
Census Data for Transportation
Case Study: Transportation Hack the Last Mile Organizers
Case Study: Opportunity Data opportunity.census.gov
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Over 20+ News
Articles covering
The Opportunity
Project launch
Launch event at
SXSW in Austin, TX
Case Study: Opportunity Data
1. Beginner – request the Developer Audience training modules and attend an event in your area to observe.
1. Intermediate – Deliver a brief presentation or
webinar in your area. 1. Advanced – Host a hackathon event in your area. (See
playbook)
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How to Get Involved
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Hackathon Playbook
Zillow
RECRUITING FUNNEL
1. Compelling “Why” for Developers to Attend
2. Ground Game (and Start Early)
3. Pre-Commitment from Developer Group
4. Location and Venue
5. Strategic Partners
EXPERIENCE AT THE EVENT
6. Strong Facilitation
7. Sufficient time to build solutions
8. SME Support
9. Technical Support (using Census API and CitySDK)
10. Measure - Compelling Apps Created?
BENCHMARKS
RELATIVE SCORE: 95
# OF ATTENDEES: 200+
Recruiting Funnel
At the Event
• Census is working to improve our developer offering (APIs and CitySDK) to support app developers
• Successful hackathon with the North Carolina data center was piloted with Emergency Management theme
• Get involved!
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Summary
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Contact Info
Jeff Meisel Chief Marketing Officer
Logan Powell CitySDK Product Owner / Training
