Code Switch projects are encouraged to use open data sets whenever possible. Here are a few to get you started.
Newly Announced Ramsey County Open Data Portal (beta)
- http://opendata.ramseycounty.us
- http://openperformance.ramseycounty.us
- http://openbudget.ramseycounty.us
- http://openexpenditure.ramseycounty.u
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Local
County
- Anoka County GIS
- Carver County open data
- Dakota County GIS
- Hennepin County GIS
- Ramsey County GIS
- Scott County open data
- Washington County open geospatial data
State
- Metropolitan Council data and maps
- Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
- Minnesota Geospatial Commons
- Minnesota State Demographic Center
- Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online
- Homelessness in Minnesota – Wilder Foundation
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency environmental data
National
- Data.gov – U.S. Government
- US Census Bureau American FactFinder
- National Historical Geographic Information System
- Terra Populus – integrated data on population and environment
- Data from the World Bank
- DIVA – GIS
- Pew Research Center
- The Association of Religion Data Archives
- Umbrasearch.org – search African American History
Learning resources
- Create and publish a map as a web app: Esri ArcGIS tutorials
- Learn more about web development and programming languages: Mozilla Developer Network
- Find tools to build free and open source software: Open Hatch
- Manage your project’s source code: GitHub
- Build and deploy your app: Heroku
- Explore web accessibility in design: WebAIM
- Design your website with accessible applications: MN.IT Services guidelines
- Go even deeper into accessibility: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- Connect data: REST (representational state transfer) endpoints