On April 8th Cook County GIS and the Cook County Clerk’s Office added Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Boundaries to the Open Data Portal. The description states: TIF District boundaries. TIF districts receive money from property taxes by utilizing increases in…
On April 2nd, the Cook County GIS Department and Cook County Clerk’s Office added 2013 Parcel data to the Open Data Portal. This data reflects tax parcel polygons as they existed from 1/1/2013 through 12/31/2013. Each parcel is uniquely identified…
Here are some Cook County Datasets updated in March 2015: Cook County Check Register: We worked with the Bureau of Technology and the Office of the Comptroller to update this dataset with February checks as approved by the Cook County Board…
The theme of this month’s Chicago City Data User Group was election data. Ryan Chew, the Deputy Director of Elections from the Cook County Clerk’s office, and Geetha Lingham, manager for voter and ballot data, presented on the process and data used…
In our work with Cook County so far we have posted or helped post 15 datasets to Cook County’s Open Data Portal. These datasets include: Comptroller – Annual Salaries – 2014 – August 28 ccgisdata – Address Point Chicago Cook…
Here are some recent examples of Cook County Open Data in use: LargeLots used Cook County parcel data to make it easier for people to see available city lots. This was one of the most successful tech-focused projects for the…
