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1st July 2009 - Link Blog

EveryBlock source code released. EveryBlock’s Knight Foundation grant required them to release the source code after two years, under the GPL. Lots of neat Django / PostgreSQL / GIS tricks to be found within.

Posted 1st July 2009 at 8:01 pm

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