Case Study: Syracuse.com achieves rapid public access to searchable school-closing and snowfall data with Caspio

Syracuse.com Publishes Database of School Closings During Winter Storms

Syracuse.com needed a fast, reliable way to keep Central New York residents informed during a week of heavy winter storms, including up-to-the-minute school closings, road conditions and localized snowfall totals. The challenge was compiling timely data from multiple sources and presenting it in a searchable, sortable format that the public could access and share quickly.

They implemented a Caspio-powered online database to publish school delays/closings and more than 360 snowfall reports (searchable by county and city), with real-time updates and social sharing. The application drove strong engagement—being shared over 1,000 times in the first days—and was expanded into a national snowfall database, giving readers easy, timely access to storm information.

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