[Fwd: [Spatiality] New Comment On: Opening up access to NYC data?]

[Philip Ashlock]

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Subject:	[Spatiality] New Comment On: Opening up access to NYC data?
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:02:10 +0000
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There is a new comment on the post "Opening up access to NYC data?". 
http://spatialityblog.com/2009/09/02/nycpublicdata/

Author: Steven Romalewski
Comment:
Thanks for your note.  I'll take a look at the Open Gov NYC group site.

I only have the 2001 inventory in hard copy and the scanned PDF version.  It was part of a series of meetings hosted by the New York Area Data Council in 2002 on the topic of "data integration" within New York City agencies and on a regional basis.

Your comment reminds me, though, of another similar effort in 1997 that also might be a helpful starting point for a public data directory.  The Center for Urban Research created a regional compendium of statistical data sets called "FYI : a comprehensive guide to statistical sources for the New York City Metropolitan Area : 1997".  Here's the <a href="http://www.urbanresearch.org/docs/FYI_Cover.pdf" rel="nofollow">cover image</a> and <a href="http://www.urbanresearch.org/imgs/FYI_screenshot.png/" rel="nofollow">a screenshot</a>.  We have a couple of extra copies at our Center, and the NY Public Library has a reference copy (http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/govt/govlocal.htm
).  But here's a link to an Access database with the underlying entries: <a href="http://www.urbanresearch.org/docs/FYI2000.zip" rel="nofollow">FYI database</a>.

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