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Welcome to the Open Civic Data group, designed to facilitate discussion about the organized collection of Civic Data (in particular governance-related data like councilmembers, committees, and legislation-like artifacts and other relevant data)
A mission statement for the group is available here:
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Robert Whitis
11/24/25
Recommendation! Tyler is coming again in the area.
Hello Everyone! We're scheduling a dryer vent cleaning and if anyone else is interested, we can
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Recommendation! Tyler is coming again in the area.
Hello Everyone! We're scheduling a dryer vent cleaning and if anyone else is interested, we can
11/24/25
Robert Whitis
10/9/25
Group rate for the duct cleaning!
We are planning to get our Duct and Dryer cleaned after a long while. I am getting mine cleaned and
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Group rate for the duct cleaning!
We are planning to get our Duct and Dryer cleaned after a long while. I am getting mine cleaned and
10/9/25
Mark Eslick
3
9/14/25
$199 group discount for Air Vents/ Ducts Cleaning Services
Anyone Interested in vent cleaning service? Interested people PM me with your house address and
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$199 group discount for Air Vents/ Ducts Cleaning Services
Anyone Interested in vent cleaning service? Interested people PM me with your house address and
9/14/25
Joseph Elfelt
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J. Albert Bowden
2
5/23/25
Tip for locating government geospatial data
thats good work. my favorite arcgis tool is pyesridump; it liberates the data to be used openly.
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Tip for locating government geospatial data
thats good work. my favorite arcgis tool is pyesridump; it liberates the data to be used openly.
5/23/25
Kas Stohr
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jamespete...@gmail.com
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5/15/25
Calling all active maintainers!
Google is active. I haven't been in touch with CTCL recently. Please communicate further via
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Calling all active maintainers!
Google is active. I haven't been in touch with CTCL recently. Please communicate further via
5/15/25
Kevin Mireles
6/23/23
Memphis addresses only showing single city council member not two
Memphis city has both regular and super districts. Currently,the Civic API s only displaying the
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Memphis addresses only showing single city council member not two
Memphis city has both regular and super districts. Currently,the Civic API s only displaying the
6/23/23
Kevin Mireles
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J. Albert Bowden
10
6/2/23
Are there standard OCD ID naming conventions for civic entities like police, fire, etc.
Great stuff! Thanks From: open-ci...@googlegroups.com <open-ci...@googlegroups.com>
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Are there standard OCD ID naming conventions for civic entities like police, fire, etc.
Great stuff! Thanks From: open-ci...@googlegroups.com <open-ci...@googlegroups.com>
6/2/23
Kevin Mireles
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jamespete...@gmail.com
3
5/8/23
Find a list of all US OCD ids
Thanks, but I haven't been able to find a file that has all of the US division IDs. I find links
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Find a list of all US OCD ids
Thanks, but I haven't been able to find a file that has all of the US division IDs. I find links
5/8/23
Adam Sobieski
4/6/23
Civic Technology Community Group
Thanks to recent advancements in artificial intelligence, people will soon be able to use websites
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Civic Technology Community Group
Thanks to recent advancements in artificial intelligence, people will soon be able to use websites
4/6/23
Jennifer Waggoner
10/13/21
SF CopWatch database & other public records for law enforcement oversight
Please register & share this event in your community. State legislation AB748 requires release of
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SF CopWatch database & other public records for law enforcement oversight
Please register & share this event in your community. State legislation AB748 requires release of
10/13/21
Keri Klinges
5/14/21
Identifiers for census geographies (tracts, block groups, etc.)
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has already created identifiers for census geographies like
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Identifiers for census geographies (tracts, block groups, etc.)
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has already created identifiers for census geographies like
5/14/21
Erik Paulson
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J. Albert Bowden
7
10/19/20
Open Civic Data Division IDs in Wikidata
ditto J. Albert Bowden II alb...@bowdenweb.com jalber...@gmail.com https://bowdenweb.com/ On Mon,
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Open Civic Data Division IDs in Wikidata
ditto J. Albert Bowden II alb...@bowdenweb.com jalber...@gmail.com https://bowdenweb.com/ On Mon,
10/19/20
Joyce Tagal
9/30/20
Interest in working on scrapers for the San Francisco Bay Area
Hi there, I'm a researcher at Stanford working on various local government reforms. I've been
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Interest in working on scrapers for the San Francisco Bay Area
Hi there, I'm a researcher at Stanford working on various local government reforms. I've been
9/30/20
Iwan Aucamp
2
9/26/20
Why not use RDF and Semantic Web technology?
> data type pages (eg https://opencivicdata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data/organization.html) seems
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Why not use RDF and Semantic Web technology?
> data type pages (eg https://opencivicdata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data/organization.html) seems
9/26/20
Erik Paulson
9/21/20
canonical home for ocd-jurisdictions?
Hello - There's a set of OCD identifiers for divisions in Github. Is there anything similar for
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canonical home for ocd-jurisdictions?
Hello - There's a set of OCD identifiers for divisions in Github. Is there anything similar for
9/21/20
Charles Mongillo
8/5/20
OCD-PERSON Unique?
Can I assume ocd-person/cd91f449-29c6-4022-867a-6d396ed3dac4 will be unique to Laverne Mitchom? Or is
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OCD-PERSON Unique?
Can I assume ocd-person/cd91f449-29c6-4022-867a-6d396ed3dac4 will be unique to Laverne Mitchom? Or is
8/5/20
Joshua Pelton-Stroud
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James McKinney
2
3/2/20
Canonical shapes for Division, Bill, & Vote Objects?
Yes, that Python code is up-to-date :) On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2:22:44 PM UTC-5, Joshua Pelton-
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Canonical shapes for Division, Bill, & Vote Objects?
Yes, that Python code is up-to-date :) On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2:22:44 PM UTC-5, Joshua Pelton-
3/2/20
Will Skora
3/23/19
How to identify my city's legistar client name?
Hi, I've started to experiment with legistar's API but have been unable to make any valid
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How to identify my city's legistar client name?
Hi, I've started to experiment with legistar's API but have been unable to make any valid
3/23/19
Jennifer Waggoner
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Jack Santucci
3
1/30/19
City Scrapers: are you using this tool?
Peter Bucchianeri is a postdoc at Vanderbilt, recently graduated from Harvard. His dissertation used
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City Scrapers: are you using this tool?
Peter Bucchianeri is a postdoc at Vanderbilt, recently graduated from Harvard. His dissertation used
1/30/19
Kate Stohr
9/19/18
Prosecutors?
Hi all, Found this as I was looking to scrape some candidate info. Happy to contribute. Question: 1)
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Prosecutors?
Hi all, Found this as I was looking to scrape some candidate info. Happy to contribute. Question: 1)
9/19/18
Dale McGrew
3/14/18
Open Civic Data Lookup Tool
Hello, in this documentation, there is a mention of an Open Civic Data editor and lookup tool. I am
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Open Civic Data Lookup Tool
Hello, in this documentation, there is a mention of an Open Civic Data editor and lookup tool. I am
3/14/18
Donny Bridges
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Kathryn Peters
2
10/26/17
OCDEP: Division ID Governance
I love this! (Right now there's a double-space in line 18: "division IDs as defined",
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OCDEP: Division ID Governance
I love this! (Right now there's a double-space in line 18: "division IDs as defined",
10/26/17
jrich...@jmstudios.net
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Forest Gregg
3
10/18/17
creating ocd-organization id for San Jose
Hi Joseph, You shouldn't need to. San Jose looks like it's already in there. Are you running
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creating ocd-organization id for San Jose
Hi Joseph, You shouldn't need to. San Jose looks like it's already in there. Are you running
10/18/17
stephanos hadjipetrou
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jamespete...@gmail.com
3
9/2/17
OCD API live demo
There are multiple deployments of the OCD API now, one of which has a base URL of http://ocd.datamade
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OCD API live demo
There are multiple deployments of the OCD API now, one of which has a base URL of http://ocd.datamade
9/2/17
Nicholas Roberts
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jamespete...@gmail.com
2
9/2/17
Hybrid PartyContest/CandidateContest systems
Hi Nicholas, This group isn't actively curated, so you may want to raise your suggestion on
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Hybrid PartyContest/CandidateContest systems
Hi Nicholas, This group isn't actively curated, so you may want to raise your suggestion on
9/2/17
Justin Moore
7/21/17
Updated German constituency (congressional/parliamentary) districts
All, I've created the following PR to update and canonicalize German Lander (state) and
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Updated German constituency (congressional/parliamentary) districts
All, I've created the following PR to update and canonicalize German Lander (state) and
7/21/17
Forest Gregg
12/21/16
Work on Campaign Finance and Election Models
Hi all, There's a lot of work being done to add new models to Open Civic Data for campaign
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Work on Campaign Finance and Election Models
Hi all, There's a lot of work being done to add new models to Open Civic Data for campaign
12/21/16
mikey...@gmail.com
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Forest Gregg
3
12/16/16
OCD-ID For Beginners
Thank you for the quick response. I will take a look at the VIP section and see what I can find. On
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OCD-ID For Beginners
Thank you for the quick response. I will take a look at the VIP section and see what I can find. On
12/16/16
Daniel McGlone
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Peter DavisFZ
2
11/28/16
New Zealand electoral districts
Daniel - friend suggested I join to comment on this. Hope these help A/ we are not a Federation, so
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New Zealand electoral districts
Daniel - friend suggested I join to comment on this. Hope these help A/ we are not a Federation, so
11/28/16
Carlos Mermingas
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Forest Gregg
2
11/12/16
How to get an API key?
Sunlight foundation no longer hosts an open civic data API. DataMade does provide an OCD API for a
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How to get an API key?
Sunlight foundation no longer hosts an open civic data API. DataMade does provide an OCD API for a
11/12/16