How this website make a better world ( from creator's view ) ?

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All Data are Location Based

The more is less The less is more

Simple is beauty

Created in Southern California by Joe hu

since 2014, huguowen@gmail.com, 310-710-6501

From the point of consumer's view, FREE IS THE BEST !

Let's make the BEST, completely FREE, no license required for any type of use.

Feel free to copy paste source code to anywhere. why transparentgov is open sourced from day 1 borned

Why I make this website ?

Making a better world ! In US open land, there are always some unknow people cuting a new trail through the bush or clearing the existing trails over the years. Without these unknow people's years after years free work, you and me will not be able to explore those wildness mountain area. Same idea, I am cutting the bush cutting the trail for eveyone for free. With my free work, everyone can have better tools to explore the government GIS world. I am not the only one, not the first one who doing that. Joe Elfelt, seattle, WA creator of https://mappingsupport.com/ is ahead of me. He first collect inital 1k toward 5k now government arcgis REST api endpoint link over the past 20 years. His work is ground-breaking, a new trail to a new world just opened. In 2018, transparentgov.net only has handful goverment resource. I was eagerly looking for more government gis endpoint. I google search found him and his 1k listing at the time in 2018. I immediately download and import into transparentgov.net. Everyone can instantly explore 1k government gis data through transparentgov.net. Both of us are trail cutter but in different ways. He see his role as finding and maintaining arcgis server list. I see my role as making a good tool to explore gis data through his list. To explore a new world, you need both of us. First you go to his website https://mappingsupport.com/ to find the link(arcgis server endpoint), then you go to my website How to use transparentgov.net to explore

A little bit history:

The first Google Map Apps I made was in 2007. When I was a graduate student in Idaho State University GIS master program in Geoscience Department Professor Dan Ames who is Co-Founder of MapWindow He offered me a job on his hydrological mapping project founded by National Science Foundation (NSF) I use Google Maps and hydrological REST service to create my first google map apps to show all the US hydrological monitoring site live data

In 2008, Frank Robert (CDA Tribe GIS manager) offered me a job at Coeur d’Alene Tribe in Plummer, Idaho. Frank is the creator of "meta-data editor plugin" in ArcMap.

In 2010, I moved to Southern California due to a job offer by Michael(Mike) Tupper. He is GIS manager at Southern California Edison. He designed the company's power distribution GIS system using smallworld GE.

In 2013, Jim Liu( IT manager), Steve Ely (IT director) in City of Costa Mesa offered me a job. Transparentgov.net borned. First google maps based model, model "0" developed. Model 0 first time let user browse arcgis REST api on google maps.

In 2017, Vandergriff Greg (Manager) in City of Los Angeles Public Work Department and Neumann Nathan (GIS principle) offered me a job. Transparentgov.net developed into its primitive form.

City of Los Angeles CA

Los Angeles City Public Work BOE NavigateLA

Los Angeles City Building Safety LADBS buildLA (part 1)

Los Angeles City Building Safety LADBS buildLA (part 2)

Los Angele City Planning Zoning Zimas

Los Angeles County CA