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Vancouver, Toronto share data
March 7, 2010
By Neco Cockburn
Read More: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Vancouver+Toronto+share+data/2652319/story.html
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Other U.S. and Canadian cities have been moving toward providing “open data.†In September, the City of Vancouver launched a beta open-data section on its website, which now includes data sets for drinking fountains, elementary school boundaries, graffiti reports, homeless shelter locations, sewer mains and a bunch of Olympic plans.
“By freely sharing its data in accessible formats — while respecting privacy and security concerns — Vancouver is joining many government agencies in moving to harness the energy and involvement of citizens, community-based organizations and private businesses in everything from creative community problem-solving to the development of new service delivery ideas and solutions,†the website says.
New York City last month handed out awards in its BigApps competition, which offered prizes to “developers of the most useful, inventive, appealing, effective, and commercially viable applications for delivering information from the City of New York’s NYC.gov Data Mine to interested users.â€
The contest website says the city is “improving the way it provides information and transparency to citizens.†The winning application was awarded $5,000. It helped users find directions to the nearest New York subway and New Jersey PATH stations.
The City of Toronto published its first data sets in November on a web page that says its mission is “building a city that thinks like the web.†In its first week, the toronto.ca/open homepage received almost 10,000 visits. That week, transit information was the most sought-after download.
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March 7, 2010
By Neco Cockburn
Read More: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Vancouver+Toronto+share+data/2652319/story.html
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Other U.S. and Canadian cities have been moving toward providing “open data.†In September, the City of Vancouver launched a beta open-data section on its website, which now includes data sets for drinking fountains, elementary school boundaries, graffiti reports, homeless shelter locations, sewer mains and a bunch of Olympic plans.
“By freely sharing its data in accessible formats — while respecting privacy and security concerns — Vancouver is joining many government agencies in moving to harness the energy and involvement of citizens, community-based organizations and private businesses in everything from creative community problem-solving to the development of new service delivery ideas and solutions,†the website says.
New York City last month handed out awards in its BigApps competition, which offered prizes to “developers of the most useful, inventive, appealing, effective, and commercially viable applications for delivering information from the City of New York’s NYC.gov Data Mine to interested users.â€
The contest website says the city is “improving the way it provides information and transparency to citizens.†The winning application was awarded $5,000. It helped users find directions to the nearest New York subway and New Jersey PATH stations.
The City of Toronto published its first data sets in November on a web page that says its mission is “building a city that thinks like the web.†In its first week, the toronto.ca/open homepage received almost 10,000 visits. That week, transit information was the most sought-after download.
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