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Tekify builds free reference directories from open data. Our explainers are published on open platforms; every dataset is documented on the site that uses it.
Published explainers
Open data directories: IFSC codes, ZIP codes, colleges, hospitals, nursing homes and more TelegraphHow to find any Indian bank branch's IFSC code TelegraphHow CMS star ratings work for hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis centres TelegraphFree US ZIP code, place, area code and airport data — with JSON indexes TelegraphHow to check a US hospital's CMS star rating before scheduling care TelegraphChoosing a nursing home: what the CMS star rating does and does not tell you TelegraphUS ZIP codes: what the five digits mean TelegraphIATA vs ICAO airport codes Telegraph
Where the data comes from
- US Census Bureau: population estimates, place and county geography (public domain).
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: hospital, nursing-home, home-health and dialysis quality data (public domain).
- NCES / IPEDS: college admissions, tuition, net price and graduation rates (public domain).
- GeoNames: place coordinates (CC BY 4.0); OurAirports: airport data (public domain).
- Razorpay IFSC dataset (MIT licence) for Indian bank branch codes.
Landing page
A single page linking every directory and analysis: hemantsarthak.github.io/myds.
Social and code
- Substack: @tekifydata
- GitHub: hemantsarthak/myds (the build system behind these sites)
Contact
Data corrections and removal requests: see contact.