Open Data Portal

Open Data Portal beta release for spatial data now available (Monday, 26 February 2018)

A beta release of the redeveloped Open Data Portal featuring new functionality is now available. The beta release has the following new functionalities to improve the user experience: Ability to view spatial data on a map and in tabular format before downloadingFilter data based on specific attributes before downloading.Users can mark certain layers as favourites for easy access and related datasets will be listed with all search results.Users can also use the API to extract ...

Datasets approved by the City's Open Data Steering Committee during its meetings in 2017 (Wednesday, 07 February 2018)

The following datasets were approved for publication on the City's open data portal at the Open Data Steering Committee meetings held on: 30 March 2017 Property disposalPublic wifi access pointsContour dataArea based service deliveryDrop off sitesCollection beats 19 June 2017 Pre-p...

Open Data Tourism Hackathon (Thursday, 12 October 2017)

Could Cape Town be more awesome? Did you know that more than 70% of people visiting Cape Town visit the same ten tourist sites? We know there's more to the City, but can we help people find new things to do and new places to see? Together with the City of Cape Town, CiTi will host a hackathon from 27 – 29 October 2017 at the Khayelitsha Bandwidth Barn. The City's Open Data Hackathon will challenge teams to solve real problems faced by Cape Town's tourism industry. ...

Introducing the External Members of the Open Data Steering Committee: (Tuesday, 27 June 2017)

Two new external representatives, Lynn Woolfrey and Dillon Mann, have joined the City’s Open Data Steering Committee: Lynn Woolfrey is the Manager of the DataFirst Data Service at the University of Cape Town. She is a data specialist with more than 20 years’ experience curating and sharing African research data and promoting Open Data in Africa. She is also involved in projects to improve the quality of African data by training data managers in government and resear...

Using Cape Town’s Open Data: (Friday, 04 November 2016)

BizCommunity Online recently reported on an interesting use of City of Cape Town’s open data: “The City of Cape Town often battles with devastating wild fires, due to its unique topography and vegetation. Using data from The Weather Company, an IBM business, and the City of Cape Town's Open Data portal, IBM scientists have developed a cognitive dashboard. This can assess fire incidence risk and severity to help officials raise public awareness and prepare for emergency ...