Open Data Ottawa Hackfest

24 March 2010 Geoff Zeiss

I blogged previously about open data access provided by the Cities of Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto.  These are all examples where city governments have opened public data to the public.

Saturday, April 24th in Ottawa there is going to be something intriguing called an Open Data Ottawa Hackfest.  It will happen at City Hall (110 Laurier Avenue West), but even though it is happening at City Hall, neither the event nor its organizers are affiliated with the City of Ottawa. The event is targeted on developers, designers, librarians, statisticians and citizens. 
The idea is that developers will show up with running applications (90%
completed) and demonstrate their applications using publicly
available, but not easily accessible, data such as bus schedules, restaurant inspection reports, childcare locations, crime statistics, special event license lists, and other types of public data. 

The Hackfest seems to be inspired by the Apps for Democracy and New York City’s Big Apps contests.

Thanks to Jevin Maltais for pointing me to this.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

View article by Geoff Zeiss

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*