Resources

Government Data

  • City of Austin Open Data Portal (data.austintexas.gov) - Provides datasets published by the City, as well as reporting and visualization tools that operate on these datasets.
  • City of Austin GIS (Geographic Information Systems) – Downloadable GIS datasets, plus links to various maps and viewers.
  • Capital Metro Geospatial Data - GIS datasets published by the local transit authority.
  • CAPCOG Data, Maps, and Reports - Published by the Capital Area Council of Governments
  • TNRIS Maps & Data - Published by the Texas Natural Resources Information System, part of the Texas Water Development Board.

City of Austin

  • Austin Government Online (AustinGO) – Updates from the City of Austin “AustinGO” team.
  • @atxgo – AustinGO2.0 Twitter feed

Other Resources

  • Code for America / Austin - In 2012, Austin participated in a Code for America fellowship.

Older Open Austin Resources

  • Legacy Website – Previous Open Austin website.
  • Legacy Blog - Snapshot of original Open Austin blog, previously hosted on posterous.com (RIP), with postings up through 2012.
  • Ideascale Site - Crowdsourced open government ideas, circa 2009.