Satellites zoom in on cities’ hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect
Satellite and population data can help cities created detailed heat maps so they can prepare for and respond to risks associated with extreme heat, a top weather-related killer.
Connected vehicle, infrastructure data drives roadway safety
City planners will soon be able to share and validate digital models of traffic conditions with the help of an open-source tool that collects data from connected vehicles and infrastructure sensors.
Getting ahead of the next pandemic
New York City’s Pandemic Response Institute will collect data and leverage computer models to develop locally tailored health solutions to prepare for, respond to and recover from future health crises.
Database for a secure EV battery supply chain
A new database aims to advance the adoption of zero-emission vehicles by providing information and data that inform the production of EV batteries and development of a secure domestic battery supply chain.
What are digital twins? A pair of computer modeling experts explain
Digital twins improve modeling efficiency and reliability in a wide variety of domains, from building and bridge inspections to self-driving cars.
Visualizing vulnerability: County maps show areas of greatest need
To study equity differences at systemic and place-based levels, Fairfax County put census data on color-coded maps so that officials can quickly see areas of greatest need.
Graduation dashboard shows how education spending pays off
Utah’s State Auditor created a dashboard that shows historical graduation and spending rates per student to highlight differences in educational attainment.
Chicago makes childhood education data accessible through new cloud
The Chicago Early Childhood Integrated Data System will bring together data from across systems and programs in neighborhood-level analyses and program-specific dashboards.
Saving water with real-time data collection
To support more efficient river management, Idaho’s Water District 63 is automating remote data collection and gate control with high-speed broadband wireless.
Detroit tests cloud-enabled pavement monitoring
In-vehicle sensors collect and analyze data and send it to the cloud where the city can access it as a GIS layer to see road surface ratings.
ID verification, analytics can help agencies fight fraud
Combining an automated verification system and data analytics for prevention and detection helps create a powerful tool for government IT professionals facing a flood of fraud.
GIS enlisted for equity and social justice analysis
Esri's Social Equity Analysis tool allows equity analysts to combine smart maps and community data to assess local conditions, evaluate decision-making scenarios and measure progress toward equity goals.
As reliance on data analytics grows, agencies look to talent, automation
The amount of data state and local governments collect is growing faster than their ability to create meaningful information from it.
How the bipartisan infrastructure bill could jumpstart mobility on demand
Strategic adoption of mobility-on-demand and mobility-as-a-service models can help ease traffic congestion, reduce road accidents and cut carbon emissions.
NOAA mapping tool projects county-level climate risks
Understanding a particular area’s vulnerability to events like wildfires, floods, drought and heat waves, tornado outbreaks and hurricanes can have massive benefits to emergency planner.
Cities enlist sensors to tackle noise pollution
New York and Philadelphia hope cameras, decibel meters and machine learning can help reduce excessive noise.
New data tracks polling place locations for 37 states
The dataset can be used to study changes made by state and local election officials in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and new laws overhauling ballot access.
Virginia releases data-driven coastal resiliency plan
The commonwealth’s Coastal Resiliency Master Plan includes a publicly available database and web explorer designed to identify gaps in flood protection and adaptation capacity.
The unrealized promise in COVID apps
Digital vaccine credentials and exposure notification apps could dramatically streamline public health processes, but their effectiveness in practice so far remains limited.
GAO: Justice needs better use-of-force data
The Department of Justice has work to do on collecting and reporting use-of-force data from the nation’s law enforcement agencies.
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