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Ken Steif of West Philadelphia used the Los Angeles' Crime Data from the Open Data Portal to answer this question:

"Does L.A.'s 405 split the city?"

This is a great example of the many ways data can be used to re-imagine our city.

Which dataset do you find most meaningful in showing LA's character?

Earlier this month, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the winner of LA’s first Civic Innovation Award: Sanitation’s Special Collections Team.

Led by Sal Aguilar, head of the GIS team, Bureau of Sanitation partnered with ESRI to launch a pilot program for an automated field-data collections app. After two successful months in the South LA district, the bureau confirmed that it be a viable solution to the drivers’ request for a better data collection method and for optimizing routes.

Check out the photos bellow.

As the Mayor continues on to the second stop of his trade mission to China, South Korea and Japan – L.A.’s number one, two and three trading partners respectively, don't forget to check out trade data available on the LA Open Data Portal. View and download historical trend data, cruise passenger information and even maps on local tsunami evacuation routes (like the one below)!