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==== Open Data Tech Review by ODI ==== | ==== Open Data Tech Review by ODI ==== | ||
From Marcio Vasconcelos a [https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki Wiki] compiled by Open Data Institute with several tools. | From Marcio Vasconcelos a [https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki Wiki] compiled by Open Data Institute with several tools. | ||
==== DemocracyMap API ==== | |||
The [http://api.democracymap.org/ DemocracyMap API] aims to provide normalized structured data for all the contact details and other primary information for every government body and government official that represents you (limited to the US for now). Simply enter an address or lat/long and get back the full stack of government bodies and elected officials. Much of this API relies on third parties so it essentially aggregates, normalizes, and caches a variety data sources including geospatial boundary queries and scrapers on ScraperWiki. It does not yet sync all data in a central datastore, so performance is not nearly as efficient as it could be because. Much of the aggregation happens on the fly. | |||
The current coverage includes primary contact information for every city, county, and state in the United States as well as contact information for all state and national legislators, all governors, all county officials, and over 100,000 municipal officials. | |||
The API docs can be found at http://api.democracymap.org/ and a basic demo can be seen at http://api.democracymap.org/demo | |||
=== Communications === | === Communications === | ||