Civic Tech on Notes from the Rabbit Holehttps://magnus919.com/tags/civic-tech/Recent content in Civic Tech on Notes from the Rabbit HoleHugoen© [Magnus Hedemark](https://github.com/magnus919)Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:59:50 -0400Raleigh's Open Data: One Command to Find Anythinghttps://magnus919.com/2026/06/raleighs-open-data-one-command-to-find-anything/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:59:50 -0400https://magnus919.com/2026/06/raleighs-open-data-one-command-to-find-anything/<p>The City of Raleigh publishes 178 public datasets. Crime reports, restaurant inspections, building permits, bike lanes, speed humps, EV charging stations, dog parks: it is all there on data.raleighnc.gov, free for anyone to use.</p> <p>Most citizens never touch it.</p> <p>The barrier isn&rsquo;t access. The barrier is discovery. The data lives behind an ArcGIS Hub portal, a web interface designed for GIS analysts. You can browse categories, click through maps, and eventually download a CSV, but the process assumes you already know what you are looking for.</p>