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But they believe their site is still an improvement on the existing system because it democratizes access to information that had primarily been available only to government agencies and those with funds and connections. Their main vision for WDWOT, they said, is to give citizens agency and access to information, rather than to advance any particular goal or mission for the city.

They also see a future for Loveland Technologies in expanding this project to other cities. They say it would be relatively easy for the firm, which has not made money on the site before the recent addition of the premium option, to implement similar data mapping elsewhere. While the project reveals his San Francisco Bay-area roots in its assumption that there's an online solution for every problem -- even one as large as property ownership in Detroit -- Paffendorf said he thinks the genesis of WDWOT is quite specific to its location.

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Blexting works best with mobile browsers like Chrome and Firefox. They were just dots on a map — a crazy number of dots — and a potential opportunity for someone to purchase and do something with cheap property.

During the Motor City Mapping citywide property survey we discovered how many of the incoming dots were occupied. We also discovered that tax foreclosure was the leading cause of blight and vacancy in the city, as people leave or are evicted after foreclosure.

Things kept working the same way even though everyone could now see it. But over time the data work and storytelling and advocacy we did has mattered. Check out our site and some case studies at makeloveland. Then write us an email at team makeloveland. That right there probably makes us a little bit special all by itself. Subscribe Donate Contact.

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