We’re making ongoing technical and usability improvements to the Civic Tech Field Guide. These are always available on our site changelog. You can also stay up to date on the most recently added project listings at civictech.guide/new. November site updates: The NYC page’s map now begins focused on NYC, rather than zoomed out We’ve extended […]
Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement. Whether in concert with formal governmental bodies or independent of them, civic tech promises to help citizens (in the Latin sense, of the city) engage with one another to share power in the pursuit of building just societies. These platforms invite […]
Did you know we maintain a site changelog? That’s where we publicly track updates and improvements to the Civic Tech Field Guide. Here’s the work we did to the site in September: Redesigned pillar table of content pages e.g. Civic data Broke the 30 individual civic maps and 39 mapping tools and platforms out into […]
In celebration of State of the Map US taking place this past weekend, we decided to refresh our own civic maps collection. With 71 “mapping” projects (and more on the way), it was time to make that section more approachable. So, we’ve broken out individual civic maps and re-usable mapping platforms. Civic maps collect and […]
We’re thrilled to share that the Civic Tech Field Guide has been selected as a finalist in the Civvys. What are the Civvys, you ask? Good question! The American Civic Collaboration Awards, or the Civvys, are the only national awards program dedicated to celebrating projects that emphasize working together across divides of all kinds – […]
New York City hosts a thriving civic tech community. The tech sector itself has become a major force in New York City, already home to finance, real estate, and media industries. As a result, the city has birthed a disproportionate number of civic startups. Civic tech in New York takes place inside and in partnership […]