LocalData

Prashant, our CTO is walking data art hackers through the documentation of the API LocalData built for #datacanvas at the swissnex San Francisco / d3 user bay area meetup hackathon! If you want to design a compelling data visualization with DIY environmental sensor data, explore / download / use the API here: map.datacanvas.org. Competition deadline is 3/20, enter here: http://datacanvas.org/sense-your-city/ kudos to amazing organizers Gray Area Art + Technology + @swissnex San Francisco

Thank you CartoDB! http://blog.cartodb.com/startup-grants/

LocalData's big demo day presentation mentioned in Forbes Magazine: http://www.forbes.com//new-crop-of-startups-shows-media-n/

TONIGHT: In NYC? If you'd like to hear about our co-founder Matt Hampel's experience as a Code for America fellow, check out #betanyc at Dev Boot Camp, tonight! http://www.meetup.com/betanyc/events/188272992/

TODAY: Come to the Boston Society of Architects for a talk on Open Source Urbanism with LocalData founder Alicia Rouault, The Office of New Urban Mechanic's Nigel Jacob and Northeastern's Dietmar Offenhuber! http://www.architects.org/committ/news/open-source-urbanism

Going to the 2014 American Planning Association Conference next week in Atlanta? Come hear about Open Data, App-making, and Planning with LocalData and friends at OpenPlans PlaceMatters and Textizen! http://www.planning.org/store/product/

Proud to support this radical take on historic preservation: blight removal and preservation can coexist! Read how we helped preservationists in Detroit map thousands of properties & make the case.

Interested in place-based data collection? Join us + the Knight Digital Media Center for a webinar on Feb. 25:

There's a lot of talk -- and $52 million in demolition funds -- for blight elimination in Detroit. We're helping local preservation experts collect data on 20,000 properties to make strategic decisions about demolition.

LocalData was named one of the top 2014 best Planning Apps by Planetizen http://www.planetizen.com/node/66853 exciting!

Great post by John Tolva on when Tech and Urbanism Collide, thanks for the LocalData shout out! http://www.gizmodo.in//When-Tech-/articleshow/28301872.cms

LocalData speaks at the #homeswithinreach Pennsylvania Housing Alliance Conference in Harrisburg, PA on Data, Data, Data with Bob Gradeck of University of Pittsburgh http://www.housingalliancepa.org//homes-within-reach-confe

Cambridge resident Young Kim calls for Cambridge City Council to embrace technology and innovation in urban planning with tools like LocalData and coUrbanize in this letter to the editor http://www.wickedlocal.com//LETTER-Vote-for-a-proactive-Ca