A web application and RESTful service that allows users to browse and search their local area for "hyper-local news" - to see what's going on recently in the immediate geographic area.
OpenBlock began life as the open-source code released by Everyblock.com in June 2009. Originally created by Adrian Holovaty and the Everyblock team, it was further developed as an open-source (GPL) project by OpenPlans from 2010-2011.
Funding for the initial creation of Everyblock and OpenPlans' work on the development of OpenBlock was provided by the Knight Foundation (http://
Project information
- Maintainer:
- Chad Miller
- Driver:
- Chad Miller
- Licence:
- Simplified BSD Licence, GNU GPL v3, Creative Commons - Attribution Share Alike
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trunk series is the current focus of development.