Explore 59 projects in the Open knowledge category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.
"Open knowledge (or free knowledge) is knowledge that is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without legal, social, or technological restriction.[1] Open knowledge organizations and activists have proposed principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of knowledge in an open manner." - Wikipedia
FIeldTM allows for coordinating field mapping activities in Open Mapping campaigns. While there are existing field mapping applications, there is a lack of efficient tools to coordinate these activities. The FMTM builds on the HOT Tasking Manager and other mapping applications to provide a more streamlined and organized process for completing field mapping tasks.
EveryDoor is an OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.
BudLib is an open-source Library Management System, built and designed from ground up, primarily for smaller and independent schools.
We created a search engine for public domain works that can be adapted to work in each country as the legislation changes according to the nationality of the author of the work.
Common Crawl maintains a free, open repository of web crawl data that can be used by anyone.
Datamuse is a collection of websites, mobile apps, and APIs designed to help people create and communicate more effectively.
Discover 49,883,271 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States
Supports the creation of a prototype Open Knowledge Network — an essential public-data infrastructure to power the next information revolution.
Measure the Internet, save the data, and make it universally accessible and useful.