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1. Investing in Collections Software to Allow for Monthly Property Tax Payments

   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2017
   Vincent Reitano

   Local governments across the United States rely on property taxes for a significant share of revenue. Administration of the property tax typically includes annual or semi-annual collection. This...

2. City Tech

   WeChat Pay Shapes Street Life in China
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By Rob Walker

   First released just six years ago, the Chinese social-media app WeChat is one of the most popular in the world, with a reported 938 million active monthly users. It caught on as a messaging service,...

3. The Drone Revolution

   UAV-Generated Geodata Drives Policy Innovation
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By John Wihbey

   From Latin America to China, drones are creating high-resolution photographs and 3-D models that help update territorial cadastres, document informal development, recover from natural disasters,...

4. Virtual Valuation

   GIS-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By Tom Nunlist

   One of the few countries without a property tax, China has developed what many consider the world's most advanced valuation system. Marrying computer-assisted mass appraisal with GIS tools, the...

5. City Tech

   What App Data Can Do for City Planners
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2017
   By Rob Walker

   Founded in 2009 as a “social network for athletes,” San Francisco–based Strava is today best known for its popular smartphone app, used by millions of people all over the world to track and share...

6. City Tech

   China’s App-Based Bike-Share Market
   Revista Land Lines
   Febrero 2017
   By Rob Walker

   Chinese cities are leading the way in experimentation with advanced bike-share technology.

7. The Place Database Tutorial

   Videos y multimedia
   Octubre 2017

   The Place Database is a map of the United States which uses the PolicyMap platform to visualize the latest available data for dozens of indicators—ranging from housing affordability, to brownfield sites, to federal government spending.