Government

Scale from local to federal using location intelligence, open-source, and open data in the cloud or on your private infrastructure

Municipalities manage services across geographic areas—and the ability to harness real-time location data is essential for analysis and insight. Reliance on data allows governments to reduce the costs, promote efficiency and improve the quality of life for citizens. CartoDB empowers government officials to extract valuable insights from location data, enabling the visual discovery of trends and patterns to better manage public resources and build smarter cities.

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Vizonomy: Empower cities to mitigate climate change

An attractive analysis dashboard that measures risk using open government data

Risk is inevitable for growing smart cities. How city governments mitigate that risk is what's important for ensuring safer, better, and smarter cities. Using open data from government agencies, Vizonomy launched Resiliency 2.0. powered by CartoDB APIs. All of Resiliency 2.0.'s data is now open and available to cities all over the world. The climate risk platform uses CartoDB unique animated maps for its backend saving Vizonomy hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars.

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    Data Augmentation

    Mix your data with demographic and macroeconomic indicators to extract patterns that inform your intel apart from the rest.

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    Big Data Ready

    CartoDB's technology enables visualization, dynamic filtering, and exploration of large location datasets at unprecedented scale.

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    Get Insights Visually

    Gain valuable insights by filtering your data with different metrics, or by merging it with demographic, aerial, and traffic information.

Medellín: Add transparency to smart cities

A common frame of reference and big picture analysis for citizens and policy makers

Using geographical information Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia, developed a platform to serve all its citizens - public and private. Using CartoDB APIs, Servinformación created Mapas Medellín for the Sigamos Medellín website. The data portal fosters stronger communication channels between government and citizens, which allows better access and transparency to smart city initiatives.

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    On-Premises

    All the functionality of our SaaS cloud based solution, with the same APIs powering cartodb.com inside your private infrastructure.

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    Privacy

    Share your maps with the people who matter. Keep it private, password-protected, or go public, and feel free to change your mind at any time.

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    Cloud Data Synchronization

    Use Dropbox, Google Drive Integration, and Box for real-time maps. Update your online maps by changing a value in an Excel file - it's that simple.

Open city: Visualize city resources working in real time

A perfect example of integrated data that provides real-time updates on snow plows throughout Chicago

Real-time transparency showing where your municipal resources are going is the best way to ensure your citizens get what they need, when they need it. On January 3rd 2012, the City of Chicago released Plow Tracker, an app that tracks the city’s snow plows in real time, and uses CartoDB's Torque.js. The ClearStreets app was made available, 12 hours just before the mega storm descended on the city.

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    Data Analysis

    Understand your data and gain insights that will change the way you communicate. CartoDB lets you know everything about your geospatial datasets.

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    Customize Your Map

    Our Editor enables you to map everything for instant access, from coordinates to street, and IP addresses. Use our tools to find hidden information.

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    Publish in Minutes

    Publish maps in a matter of minutes and embed your visualizations in any website. All using a comprehensive UI.

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