I was alerted to the release of VisualPlace at the start of this week, and have spent the last few days playing with the site to get a feel for its potential. From the site, VisualPlace’s purpose is to, …show the value of an interactive GIS-enabled service for the visualisation of location-based government information. The…
Following the lead of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s MashupAustralia and NSW’s Apps4nsw competition (which runs until 24 March), Victoria’s Minister for Information and Communications Technology, John Lenders, has announced the ‘Apps my state’ competition. In his media release, Minister Lenders said that, “App My State is a competition to encourage software developers and members of…
The organisers of the US-based ‘Apps for Democracy’ competition have released a guide for other governments and organisations on how to run their own similar contests. The Guide to Creating Your Own Apps for Democracy contains many useful tips based on how to setup a content and what worked and didn’t work in the contests…
MashUpAustralia had 81 entries into Australia’s first competitive event for mashing up data from Australian governments. Now that entries have closed, the public have until 4PM AEDT on 20 November to vote for a people’s choice – that means you! So if you’ve not yet had a look at the entries and voted, this is…
GovHack wrapped up tonight with drinks at CSIRO’s Discovery centre. Although many of the Govhackers had already departed for their drives and flights back to Sydney, Melbourne and other parts of Australia, around 30 people remained for the award ceremony. At the awards, Tom Coates spoke about how only 20 years ago Tim Berners-Lee had…
Here’s some of the other mashups created at GovHack… Picture Australia location search What is my postcode? (View data by postcode) Who represents me? (System that maps addresses to their representatives and polling booths for reuse in other services) LobbyClue (mapping Australian political lobbyists)
This afternoon I’ve been able to spend a few hours hanging out with a group of talented web developers, designers and programmers at Canberra Uni. They’ve gathered for the Gov 2.0 Taskforce sponsored GovHack event, to develop new mashup applications and services using government data released at data.australia.gov.au and data.nsw.gov.au. There’s been a great deal…
2009 has been called the year of mobile internet – and with good reason. The iPhone has become the fastest adopted consumer electronics product in history. Google’s Android has become a serious mobile platform and smartphones of every shade have continued to multiple exponentially. The mobile internet has been growing faster than any digital platform…
Google will be hosting a hack session in support of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s MashupAustralia competition in Sydney on 14 October. In case you’re unaware, MashupAustralia is a competition being run by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce based on Federal and state government datasets released via data.australia.gov.au. There are cash prizes on offer for developers who…
The NSW government has launched the Transport Data Exchange (TDX) Program to provide access to NSW transport routes, timetables and stop/station/wharf information for download and reuse in third party applications. It’s been provided as part of the data available for the Apps4NSW competition. launched by the NSW Premier at NSWSphere. Unlike similar initiatives in the…
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