{"id":187571,"date":"2014-12-18T21:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T05:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=187571"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:51:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:51:57","slug":"arcgis-open-data-site-of-the-week-charlotte-nc","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-hub\/constituent-engagement\/arcgis-open-data-site-of-the-week-charlotte-nc","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Open Data Site of the Week: Charlotte, NC"},"author":6451,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131,23851],"tags":[22891,26221,22911],"industry":[],"product":[36811,36551],"class_list":["post-187571","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","category-data-management","tag-arcgis-open-data","tag-open-data","tag-site-of-the-week","product-arcgis-hub","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Governments and organizations have been hard at work creating Open Data sites to make their authoritative data accessible","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em>Governments and organizations have been hard at work creating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opendata.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Data<\/a>\u00a0sites to make their authoritative data accessible, discoverable, explorable, and collaborative. There are over 100 sites in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dc.esri.com\/showcase\">ArcGIS Open Data site gallery<\/a>\u00a0for you to explore! \u00a0<\/em><em>The\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/tag\/site-of-the-week\/\">Site of the Week<\/a><em>\u00a0is a series that profiles one ArcGIS Open Data site each week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clt.charlotte.opendata.arcgis.com\/\"><strong>December 15th, 2014: Charlotte, NC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/clt.charlotte.opendata.arcgis.com\/\">City of Charlotte<\/a>\u2019s site has been months in the making, and on December 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0the City officially released their masterpiece. Their open data portal, intended for all City of Charlotte data\u2014both spatial and non-spatial data, is the result of a collaborative effort from offices across the City. Charlotte was a 2014 Code for America partner city and hosted fellows who focused on civic engagement for the past year, and developed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citygram.org\/charlotte\">Citygram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0to demonstrate the value of open data. The Charlotte Open Data Portal advances the City\u2019s reputation as an emerging IT leader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clt.charlotte.opendata.arcgis.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44785\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/files\/2014\/12\/charlotte_home.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte hits the nail on the head when explaining why they set up the open data site.\u00a0In the spirit of transparency and open government, Charlotte has provided the public with access to over 40 authoritative datasets. This readily available and unbiased information provides Charlotte\u2019s citizens with a higher degree of visibility into public services, which can enhance and sustain trust in local government.<\/p>\n<p>On top of contributing to a sleek site for their community, the Code for America fellows have created a demonstration project of the portal.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citygram.org\/charlotte\">Citygram<\/a>\u00a0is a geographic notifications platform that is built on top of the open data portal, and is just one example of the kinds of things the community can build with open data. The City of Charlotte anticipates that the site will become an economic development driver for the city as app developers, engineers, and designers have new fodder to create great services.<\/p>\n<p>As for the layout of the site, it\u2019s obvious that Charlotte has put a ton of effort into creating a completely custom configuration to match their city\u2019s branding. Site users can discover maps in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/charmeck.org\/maps\/Pages\/default.aspx\">City and County Maps Gallery<\/a>\u00a0and can communicate with the City through their various social media channels. However, the real value comes from the clean and user-friendly datasets. Charlotte\u2019s data have great titles, descriptions, and icons, which helps their discoverability and creates a great user experience.<\/p>\n<p>The site will continue to grow as Charlotte adds more datasets, and Charlotte will continue to grow as\u00a0 leader in the open government space.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for next week\u2019s Site of the Week. 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