The Atlantic Cities shines a light on developers outside of City Hall mapping Philly's crime data in illuminating ways. Philadelphia’s chief data officer Mark Headd applauds the efforts.
All of these tools have taught the city, Headd says, that municipal data is most valuable when people can parse it down to the level of their own communities. “In a city like Philadelphia, the story on crime can be starkly different neighborhood to neighborhood,” Headd says. “People want to be able to ask their own questions, or present their own take on this data.”
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