Which Congressional Districts are Over and Under Populated
By Daniel McGlone, Jeff Frankl and Luke McKinstry on July 29th, 2020
We calculated which congressional districts have become over or underpopulated since they were last drawn.
Maintaining Data on the Curb with CurbLR: A New Open Standard
By Ross Bernet and Simon Kassel on July 7th, 2020
CurbLR is a promising new open data specification for curb regulation. We used it to visualize and analyze Philadelphia's curb management approaches affect on traffic.
How We Built a National Hospital Dataset for Coronavirus Relief
By Simon Kassel on June 9th, 2020
We pulled data from disparate hospital data sources to create a comprehensive national dataset of the hospital system for the COVID-19 response, using geocoding, proximity matching, and fuzzy string matching.
What A Delay in the U.S. Census Means for Elections and Redistricting
By Daniel McGlone on April 30th, 2020
The census has asked to delay delivery of data. What will that mean for redistricting and elections?
U.S. Officials Who Left Office in 2019 and Why
By Niki LaGrone on February 20th, 2020
Who left office in 2019? Why? The Cicero Data team mapped the U.S. officials who left office before the end of their term in 2019.
Housing & Landlords: Using Open Data to Find Substandard Conditions
By Fay Walker on September 26th, 2019
Using R and QGIS to analyze substandard housing in Philadelphia with open data. We used open data to identify violations, evictions, and illegal rentals.