Innovative Uses of NYC Data

New York City's 311 call center recently received its 100th million call, and each call is logged and mapped by neighborhood. Needless to say, these calls have generated an enormous pool of data that provides actionable insight into how to improve quality of life in the city.

This fascinating map is from a recent Wired magazine article shows the potential of data visualization. (See the article to check out complaints from your NYC neighborhood).

This data is available for Mayor Bloomberg's NYC BigApps contest. The contest awards up to $20,000 in cash to groups who come up with the most useful, impactful mobile app using city data.  Entrepreurial types can register online until Jan 12, 2011.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/New-York-City--104861239.html