The DataTank is an open source tool that publishes data, stored in text-based files (e.g., CSV, XML, JSON) or in binary structures (e.g., SHP files, relational databases). The DataTank reads data from these structures and publishes them to the web using a URI as an identifier, providing these data in any format a user wants regardless of the original data structure. The DataTank requires a server with Apache2 or Nginx, mod rewrite enabled, PHP 5.4 or higher, Git, any database supported by Laravel 4.

Features

Turn any dataset into a RESTful HTTP API

Allows published data to be requested in any web-readable format or visualization

Improves the ease, openness, and transparency of data consumption

Enables data consumers to immediately begin working, without needing to download raw data files

Provides visualizations for immediate data interpretation and information gathering by civilians

Resources

The DataTank demo

Documentation

GitHub