Local Open Data Sources

Triangle Regional Data Sources

• GoTriangle Transit real-time data feeds: http://www.gotriangle.org/developers/real_time
  The GoTriangle real-time data-feed is a RESTful API. The documentation for this API can be found here: http://api.transloc.com/doc/

Municipal Data Resources

City of Durham Data Sources

• City of Durham GIS: http://durhamnc.gov/ich/as/ts/Pages/GIS.aspx

City of Raleigh Data Sources

• City of Raleigh Crime data: http://maps.raleighnc.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/Crime
  Raleigh Crime can be accessed through the City of Raleigh ArcGIS map server. There are several GIS data sources that can be found at this same location. http://maps.raleighnc.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services

• City of Raleigh Crash data: http://crash.raleighpd.org

• City of Raleigh Places of interest: http://maps.raleighnc.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/POI1/MapServer

• City of Raleigh Open Data Portal https://data.raleighnc.gov

• City of Raleigh Geoportal: http://data.ral.opendata.arcgis.com/

• City of Raleigh Greenway Trail KML: http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PRecDesignDevelop/Documents/Maps/SystemMaps/KML/TheCapitalAreaGreenwaySystem.kmz

Town of Cary Data Sources

• Town of Cary GIS: http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Technology_Services/GIS.htm

• Town of Cary Open Data Portal: https://data.townofcary.org

County Data Resources

Orange County Data Sources

• Orange County GIS (also available as iPhone/droid app): http://aries.co.orange.nc.us/

Johnston County Data Sources

• Johnston County GIS: http://www.johnstonnc.com/gis2/content.cfm?PD=data

Wake County Data Sources

• Beta Open Data Site: http://data.wake.opendata.arcgis.com/

• Wake County Open Data Resources: http://www.wakegov.com/data/Pages/default.aspx

  • Wake County Financial Reports (WATCH)
    Details of all Wake County financial transactions.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • ​GIS Data Downloads and Datasets
    Wake County map shape files for electoral, census data, soils, jurisdictions, property boundaries, transportation, zoning, flood areas, stream basins, open space, public safety locations, USGS grids, orthophotography layers, library and school locations.     ​     ​

  • Wake County GIS: http://www.wakegov.com/gis/services/pages/data.aspx

  • Wake County Map Services http://maps.wakegov.com/arcgis/rest/services   ​     ​

  • Real Estate Property Data Files
    Ownership, sale information and property details for all Wake County real estate parcels.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • Tax Bill Data Files
    Current year real estate billing files and a full delinquent real estate tax file are available through our FTP site.  The files published on this site are refreshed weekly and are available for download in a ZIP file format.

  • Real Estate and Property Statistics & Reports
    View statistic reports from building, real estate and properties in Wake County.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • Building Permit Data
    Download building permit data.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • Board of Elections Data Files
    Voter data, absentee data, voting districts by precinct, voter registration statistics, campaign finance reports, and maps of voting districts.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • Past Election Results
    Database of past election results.

  • Restaurant Inspection Data

  • Wake County Restaurant Inspections in LIVES format

  • Animal Center Data
    Statistical reports on rabies cases, animal intakes, adoptions and euthanasia.

  • Recreational Areas Water Testing
    Data reports on levels of indicator bacteria, E. coli and Enterococci in public recreational waters.     ​     ​     ​     ​

  • Wake County Public Meetings Calendar
    Calendar and XML feed of scheduled public meetings.

• Wake County Transparency Links: Wake County transparency data is not necessarily machine readable and should be classified as more of an "open government" effort rather than open data.

  • Accountability Portal

  • Board of Commissioners Agendas, Minutes and Video of Meetings

  • Board of Elections Data & Reports
  • Budget Changes
  • Human Services Data Reports
  • Revenue Data Reports
  • Search Financial Transactions
  • Submit a Public Records Request
  • Tax Rate Chart
  • Where do my tax dollars go?
  • Search tax bills
  • Search real estate records
  • Search deeds & property records
  • View salary bands & job classifications.

North Carolina State Data Resources

• NC OneMap Geospatial Portal: http://data.nconemap.com/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page​​

• NC statistical links maintained by nc.gov: http://nc.gov/government/stats.aspx

• NC Statistical Data http://linc.state.nc.us/
  LINK NC Statistical data has 1300 data sets spread over these topical areas:

  • Population and Housing

  • Vital Statistics and Health

  • Social and Human Services

  • Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections

  • Environment, Recreation, and Resources

  • Energy and Utilities

  • Government

  • Employment and Income

  • Business and Industry

  • Agriculture

  • Transportation

• NC Department of Commerce AccessNC -  http://accessnc.commerce.state.nc.us/EDIS/page1.html

• Management Assistance for Child Welfare, Work First, and Food & Nutrition Services in North Carolinahttp://ssw.unc.edu/ma/

• NC Department of Public Instruction http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/resources/data/

• NC State Data Center -- http://sdc.state.nc.us/

• NC State Demographics -- http://www.demog.state.nc.us/

• NC State Library -- http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/

• NC Dept. of Transportation -- http://www.ncdot.org/it/gis/DataDistribution/

• NC Floodplain Mapping Program -- http://www.ncfloodmaps.com/

• NC Geological Survey -- http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/

• NC Geodetic Survey -- http://www.ncgs.state.nc.us/

• Open-NC.org, a catalog of digital public data created by state and local governments in North Carolina -- https://open-nc.org/catalog

• NC Non-Profits -- (Attributes) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_OQ672Z-BwdZ1RKWFVFZzd5b3M/edit?usp=sharing ; (names and locations) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_OQ672Z-Bwdeno2RGNQcUZsRjg/edit?usp=sharing

Federal Open Data Resources

• https://www.census.gov/developers/
• http://www.eia.gov/tools/models/
• http://www.data.gov
• http://www.data.gov/education/community/education
• http://alpha.data.gov/
• http://nationalmap.gov/viewer.html
• NOAA NCDC Climate Data Online: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web
• U.S. city and county web data from SBA: http://www.sba.gov/about-sba-services/7617
• U.S. CitySDK https://uscensusbureau.github.io/citysdk