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One Company Saw a Sharp Drop in Calls for 911 ‘Frequent Flyers’ by Sharing Information — GovTech Kitsap County and the City of Seattle are now partners with RideAlong, a startup that help...

• Article Spotlights
• August 17, 2018

Map Monday: Addressing Homelessness in LA County

Homelessness is on the rise in cities throughout the US. While networks of organizations work to remedy this problem, their focus is expanding beyond mitigation to include prevention meas...

• August 13, 2018

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AR Is Transforming Tech. What Can It Do for Cities? — Data-Smart City Solutions Augmented reality (AR), a technology that superimposes digital objects on a user’s view of their real-world...

• Article Spotlights
• August 10, 2018

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AR Is Transforming Tech. What Can It Do for Cities?

As today’s cities look for better ways to use the troves of new data at their disposal, augmented reality (AR) offers a new way of bringing this data to life. This technology—which assimi...

• Features
• August 9, 2018
• Citylab

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Map Monday: Participatory Budgeting in New York City

According to New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, NYC Council is kicking off “the largest demonstration of grassroots democracy in North America” this summer. He’s referring to th...

• Profiles
• August 6, 2018