FYI,
In Data Visualization Platform, Weave, Now Open Source ˇ˛| Government In The Lab
At
http://govinthelab.com/data-visualization-platform-weave-now-open-source/Civic Commons, Contributors (Karl Fogel,
Author)With more and more civic data becoming
available and accessible, the challenge grows for
policy makers and citizens to leverage that data
for better decision-making. It is often difficult
to understand context and perform analysis.
“Weave”, however, helps. A web-based data
visualization tool, Weave enables users to
explore, analyze, visualize and disseminate data
online from any location at any time.We saw
tremendous potential in the platform and have been
helping open-source the software, advising on
community engagement strategy and licensing. This
week, we were excited to see the soft launch of
the Weave 1.0 Beta, which went open-source on
Wednesday, June 15.Weave is the result of a broad
partnership: it was developed by the Institute for
Visualization and Perception Research at the
University of Massachussetts Lowell, with support
from the Open Indicators Consortium, which is made
up of over ten municipal, regional, and state
member organizations. This consortium will
probably expand now that Weave is open source,
leading hopefully to greater collaboration, more
development, and further innovation on this
important platform.Early-adopter data geeks should
give it a spin. One of Weave’s key features is
high-speed interactivity and responsiveness, which
is somewhat unusual in web-based visualization
software; try out the demo sites or watch the
video below.Our congratulations and thanks to the
Weave team! As city management is increasingly
data-driven, so data analysis and visualization
tools will continue to be an important part of
every city manager’s toolkit. We are excited to
see this evolving toolkit enter the civic
--
Karl Dubost
Montréal, QC, Canada
http://www.la-grange.net/karl/
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