From time to time, a new technology emerges that truly empowers citizens. In the case of urban planning, it is a new tool called Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA).
"NKCA enables citizens and professionals alike to perform remarkably powerful research and analysis at a neighborhood level using only a web browser. NKCA is a beautifully-designed and easy-to-use web-based mapping tool which provides demographic, housing and lending data at the census tract level throughout the state of California... What sets NKCA apart from other web-based mapping efforts are two tools called the "Data Uploader" and "Neighborhood Selector." A true innovation, the data upload tool enables any user to add their own set of data (in Microsoft Excel, Access, or delimited data formats) into NKCA's mapping system."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
FULL STORY: E-Government and Planning Profiles: Neighborhood Knowledge California
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