BikeSpot
Read case study →Cycling safety evidence was scattered and hard for councils to act on.
A national map with 72,000+ public submissions that informed infrastructure and policy conversations.
About CrowdLab
Public tools and custom builds for place-based decisions.
I'm Anthony Aisenberg, an urban planner and digital developer. Since founding CrowdSpot in 2012, I've built spatial tools used by councils, state agencies, and researchers across Australia.
CrowdLab is the studio behind that work: free tools you can use today, and scoped custom builds when you need something tailored, without hiring a full product team.
Why CrowdLab exists
Most spatial tools are built by software teams who don't sit in planning meetings, or by consultants who hand over a PDF and leave.
CrowdLab sits in the middle: planning literacy, product delivery, and public tools as proof of craft. The work is about using data for better decisions: evidence people can open, share, and act on in the room where the choice is made.
That means transparent platforms communities can trust, lower barriers to participation, and fewer walls between people and the insights that shape places. Free tools you can try before you buy, and custom builds when the brief is specific: a survey map for one corridor, a dashboard for one agency workflow, a research tool that needs to ship before the grant window closes.
- Evidence-based decisions
- Transparent public platforms
- Easier participation
- Data and insights people can reach
Who this is for
If you need spatial evidence people can use, not another system nobody opens, you're in the right place.
Councils & agencies
Strategy, grants, and engagement when you need spatial evidence without standing up a full product team.
Researchers
Collect and show place-based data without commissioning a one-off research software build.
Advocates & NGOs
Public maps and dashboards that make the case with clear, shareable evidence.
Product teams
A planner-builder studio when a spatial tool needs to ship in weeks, not a year.
How the studio works
A small, senior studio: focused briefs, live public products, and delivery that fits grant and election cycles.
Planner + builder
Urban planning and product delivery in one seat. Briefs stay grounded in how councils actually decide.
Public tools as proof
CrowdSpot, CrashDash, and Find my School are live. Try them before you commission anything custom.
8–12 week builds
Discovery, co-design, and launch for scoped tools, with support after go-live when the work needs to keep evolving.
Selected outcomes
Real tools, real users. Each one started as a concrete problem for government or community.
Find my School
About Find my School →Victorian families needed a clear way to check school zones and catchments.
An official mapping tool used by the Department of Education and tens of thousands of parents every year.
CrashDash
About CrashDash →Crash data lived in hard-to-use formats across states and territories.
A free national dashboard so road safety teams can explore, visualise, and communicate risk quickly.
Who we've worked with
Commonwealth and state agencies, universities, NGOs, and dozens of councils across VIC, NSW, and WA. Large engagement projects, open data platforms, and focused consulting, without losing the human context that makes the work land.
Ready for a discovery chat?
Tell us what you're trying to decide. We'll say honestly whether a free tool or a custom build fits.
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