Highlights Celebrating Open Data Day 2023
# Leveraging Technology For Community Interaction
On Global Open Data Day , Sunday March 5th , the City of Arlington celebrated new additions to its Open Arlington data portal , including publication of a Data Services Standard . The Data Services Standard builds on the existing Open Data Policy and ensures all City data is transparent , accessible to all , user friendly and can be used to solve real-world problems in our community . Additionally , three web maps were added to Open Data Portal ( Open Arlington ) about the Bankhead Highway , Arlington ’ s fallen WWII veterans and The Hill , the City ’ s historic African American community .
Since 2017 , the Open Data Portal has served as the City ’ s central clearinghouse for accessing , visualizing and interacting with the City ’ s open data sets . Here , you can explore data related to a variety of topics , including transportation , environmental issues , neighborhood amenities and public art , and some of the socioeconomic characteristics of our community . By making data more consumable , the City aims to better connect with its residents , create efficiencies for departments and spur collaboration with the private sector , such as partnering with a web app developer who could create an interesting or useful interactive tool for customers or the community .
Open Data Day is an annual celebration that highlights the benefits of open data and encourage people to connect and build solutions to social issues in their community by using open data . The City of Arlington became the first city in Texas to achieve What Works Cities silver certification in 2019 and gold certification in 2020 , and is proud of its work to make data more consumable , reliable , and readily available for residents , departmental staff , and leadership .
Whether you are interested in learning more about public art , hike and bike trails , public infrastructure improvements or economic development happening near you , we encourage you to explore the site to learn more about The American Dream City . As always , residents are encouraged to visit Arlington Maps Online and the Issued Permits Web Map to explore information related to individual properties as well as recent building activity .
Do you have an idea on how to improve our site ? Please visit the Get Involved page to suggest new datasets , maps or other ideas related to data that you would like to see .
Click here to learn more about the City of Arlington ’ s Open Data Policy .