Taiwan Open Data & Civic Tech
From government open data to civic tech communities — explore Taiwan's digital public resources
Government Open Data
Structured datasets and statistical platforms released by government agencies
- Government Open Data Platform — Central open data portal with tens of thousands of datasets
- DGBAS Statistical Database — Population, economy, price indices and core national statistics
- CEC Election Database — Historical election results and voting data
- Laws & Regulations Database — Full-text search of all laws, orders, and judicial precedents
- Air Quality Monitoring Network — Real-time AQI and PM2.5 monitoring data
Interactive Maps & Visualization
Real-time monitoring, geographic data, and environmental visualization tools
- Taiwan Submarine Cable Map — Community-built real-time submarine cable monitoring — a civic tech exemplar
- NLSC Map Service — National land survey maps, aerial photos, and cadastral data
- Seismological Center — Real-time earthquake information and historical records
- WRA Disaster Prevention — Real-time water levels, river monitoring, and reservoir data
- Environmental Monitoring — Air quality, UV index, and water quality real-time monitoring
Civic Tech
Open source communities, fact-checking, and digital democracy tools
- g0v (gov-zero) — Taiwan's largest open-source civic tech community
- g0v Hackathon Events — Bimonthly hackathons and open data community events
- Cofacts — Collaborative fact-checking chatbot for messaging apps
- vTaiwan — Digital democracy platform for public policy deliberation
- JOIN Platform — Government proposals, petitions, and policy discussions
Data Journalism & Fact-Checking
Investigative reporting, fact-checking organizations, and data-driven media
- The Reporter — Taiwan's leading non-profit investigative journalism outlet
- Taiwan FactCheck Center — IFCN-certified fact-checking organization
- READr — Data journalism and open data visualization
- ARTouch — Taiwan's premier art news and criticism platform
Academic & Research
Digital archives, ecological data, and AI training corpora
- Academia Sinica Open Museum — Digital archives and online curation
- National Cultural Memory Bank — Digital preservation of Taiwanese cultural memory
- Taiwan Biodiversity Network — Species distribution and ecological observation data
- TAIC — Taiwan AI Corpus — Taiwan's sovereign AI training dataset