This dataset displays the name, breed, and approximate location of dogs in Cambridge. It is based on dog license data collected by Cambridge's Animal Commission. All locations listed in this dataset have been obscured to protect privacy. Please see the limitations section below for more information.

Use Cambridge's open data to help our city come up with innovative solutions to its biggest challenges. This dataset lists city issues that you can help us solve by analyzing or hacking on our open data. It's certainly not an exhaustive list, but we hope it will at least point you in the right direction. Feel free to reach out at OpenData@cambridgema.gov with questions or ideas. Thanks for your help. We're glad you're on our team!

This dataset includes Point-in-Time (PIT) data collected in Cambridge between 2012 and 2017. The PIT count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that communities receiving funding through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program conduct an annual count of homeless persons on a single night in the last 10 days of January, and these data contribute to national estimates of homelessness reported in the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to the U.S. Congress. This dataset is comprised of data submitted to, and stored in, HUD’s Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX).

This dataset includes basic counts and demographic information of persons experiencing homelessness on each PIT date from 2012-2017. The dataset contains four rows for each year, including one row for each housing type: Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, or Unsheltered. The dataset also includes housing inventory counts of the number of shelter and transitional housing units available on each of the PIT count dates.

Information about persons staying in emergency shelters and transitional housing units is exported from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), which is the primary database for recording client-level service records. Information about persons in unsheltered situations is compiled by first conducting an overnight street count of persons observed sleeping outdoors on the PIT night to establish the total number of unsheltered persons. Demographic information for unsheltered persons is then extrapolated by utilizing assessment data collected by street outreach workers during the 7 days following the PIT count.

On 21 September 2015, Cambridge's City Council passed this Open Data Ordinance. It formalizes the Open Data Program and calls for an Open Data Review Board to be established.

The top dog names in Cambridge. This visualization is based on the Dogs of Cambridge dataset, which displays the name, breed, and approximate location of dogs in Cambridge. It is based on dog license data collected by Cambridge's Animal Commission.

Please note that this location has been geomasked to protect privacy. Locations are only approximate.

This data set contains all of the sighted locations of public art in the City. Data Set contains the name of the artist, title of the work, location, year, site location name, interior/exterior location, and coordinates for the location of the art work.

Voter turnout for Municipal, State and Federal Elections in Cambridge from 1999 to the present. Data is reported by ward and precinct. More information about election districts is available here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/mapgallery/electionmaps

This data set contains all of the sighted locations of public art in the City. Data Set contains the name of the artist, title of the work, location, year, site location name, interior/exterior location, and coordinates for the location of the art work.

The City of Cambridge has made great progress with its open data program, and we have big plans for the future! We invite you to review our Strategic Plan for the Open Data Program.

Amplifying Civic Innovation: Community Engagement Strategies for Open Data Collaborations.

Since 2015, the City of Cambridge has made its data open and accessible to the public, taking part in numerous open data collaborations with city partners. This analysis aimed to examine how the City can improve collaboration with external users of the City’s open data to increase the impact of civic innovation for local residents. The goal of this report is to inform the City’s open data collaborations, to identify best practices in public engagement and civic innovation, and to generate concrete recommendations for governments seeking to increase inclusive engagement around open government data.
Through an assessment of the relevant academic literature, in-depth interviews with dozens of stakeholders and an evaluation of an online survey, this report generated numerous findings.