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How We Designed Our New Website
Back in the summer of 2015, we developed our initial website in anticipation of the launch of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center’s open data portal and project website. Our initial site design enabled people to search for data they could download, and learn more about our programs and services. Through conversations with our users, […]
Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data through Data Literacy Training (guest blog published by Microsoft)
Fulfilling the Promise of Open Data through Data Literacy Training
Visualizing Internet Coverage in Pittsburgh
When you move into a new home, or change your address, the first wave of mail you receive usually includes offers from internet providers. The choice of providers — if you have the means, or even have the choice to begin with— is an increasingly important one; the internet has become an essential pathway to […]
Reflections on the May, 2017 National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership Meeting in Baltimore
Last week, three members of our team (Liz Monk, Steve Saylor, and Bob Gradeck) travelled to Baltimore, Maryland for the Spring, 2017 partner meeting of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP). NNIP is a network of practice for community data intermediaries managed by the Urban Institute. NNIP partners in over 30 cities collect and transform […]
Transportation and Property Data User Group Meeting Recap March 2017
Earlier this month, we held data user group meetings, which brought together many different data users to discuss topics related to transportation, real estate, and housing. We’ve been holding data user group meetings since the launch of the Regional Data Center. These meetings allow data users and data providers to: Build relationships with one another […]
Regional Data Center 2016 Year in Review
On October 15, 2015, we went live with the data portal. This document gives us a chance to reflect back on a busy first year + 2 ½ months. In a followup blog post, we’ll take a look ahead at what to expect in 2017. Open Data Portal Use Use of the open data portal […]
Measuring the Performance of the Regional Data Center
Our goal at the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center is to make community information easier to find and use. While operating the open data portal is at the core of our work, we also are involved in many different activities in our role as a data intermediary. To better understand how we’re doing, we have […]
Guide to Election Results Data in Allegheny County
Election day is today, and if you’re like us, you’re probably going to want to make a map of the results by election district. To do this, you’ll need the data and a map of election districts in Allegheny County. You can find a map of election districts as open data on our Website, but […]
Fall Into Data with Some Great Events
There are many great data-related events on our fall events calendar, including Data Day, our annual celebration of all things data on October 22. We hope to see you often this fall. Data Day Saturday, October 22, 10:30 AM – 3 PM Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 For […]