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7. For additional information, see https://webfiles.uci.edu/kday/public/index.html.
8. For guidance on conducting community surveys, see Chris Hampton and Marcelo
Vilela’s “Conducting Surveys” at The Community Toolbox (http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecon
tents/sub_section_main_1048.aspx). Comey et al. (2013) also provides an overview of
survey data collection and criteria for selecting a reputable survey research firm and issues to
consider when designing and conducting a neighborhood or school climate survey.
9. To learn more about the research findings from the Project on Human Development
in Chicago Neighborhoods, see Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring
Neighborhood Effect by Robert J. Sampson (2012).
10. For an example of research using the L.A. Fans survey, see Clark (2012).
11. For additional information, see The Reinvestment Fund, “Limited Supermarket
Access (LSA) Analysis Mapping Tool,” at http://www.trfund.com/TRF-LSA-widget.html.
12. See Tauberer (2012) for an in-depth history of open data.
13. For additional information, see Philip Ashlock’s blog post, “International
Coordination for Local Collaboration” (March 5, 2010), at http://open311.org/blog/.
14. For additional information, see Google Developers at https://developers.
google.com/transit/gtfs/.
15. For additional information, see http://housefacts.me/.
16. One of the hosting institutions, the Advanced Policy Institute at the University
of California, Los Angeles, joined NNIP in 2002. The institute was reorganized as
UCLA’s Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and closed in 2009. Another host, the Center
for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota, joined NNIP in 2007.
A description of the Minnesota Neighborhood Information System is included in the
chapter 2 essay by Wascalus and Matson.
17. The Chicago Neighborhood Early Warning System became Chicago’s Community
Information Technology and Neighborhood Early Warning System at. http://
www.newschicago.org/about.php, but the data have not being updated since 2003 due
to funding.
18. These cities include Chicago (two organizations), Indianapolis, Los Angeles,
Minneapolis, New Orleans, and New York.
19. After the closing of the Fannie Mae Foundation, DataPlace was spun off to an
independent nonprofit in 2007, which subsequently closed in 2009. The Urban Institute
is no longer associated with the site.
20. For additional information, see http://www.policymap.org.
21. For a mid-decade review of the data delivery systems in Milwaukee, New
Orleans, Providence, and Los Angeles, see Treuhaft et al. (2007).
22. See the NNIP Website Scan at http://www.neighborhoodindicators.org/library/
catalog/nnip-web-site-scan-july-2014 (2014) for specific examples.
23. For more information, see the Open Indicators Consortium website at http://
www.openindicators.org/portal. See also “Weave Beta 1.0 Announcement” at http://info.
oicweave.org/projects/weave/wiki/Weave_Beta_10_Announcement.
24. The site was developed with the university’s experience with their well-regarded
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series site, which focuses on distribution of microdata.