Category Archives: opengov

Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

Posted on May 14, 2013 by glenn

The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a box” – a toolbox of resources, documents, tools and other handy … Continue reading →

Posted in crowdsource, developer, open source, opendata, opengov |

Opening up Colorado With Open Data and Hackathons

Posted on April 5, 2013 by glenn

I’ve been spending a little bit of time sniffing our OpenData resources, open government portals and related efforts (if you have details of a useful Open Government resource, portal or repository please share HERE). While doing so I’ve also stumbled … Continue reading →

Posted in colorado, events, open source, opengov |

Your Very Own Balloon Mapping Kit from PublicLab

Posted on April 2, 2013 by glenn

Balloon mapping, you’ve seen and heard about this cool, crowd-sourced effort to capture aerial imagery and low-altitude aerial photography. Well now, thanks to PublicLab (an awesome effort) you can buy your very own balloon mapping kit for just $95. These … Continue reading →

Posted in imagery, open source, opengov |

Oakland Adds Bike Routes and more bike data to OpenOakland @openOakland

Posted on March 20, 2013 by glenn

The already data-rich open resource in Oakland is even richer now thanks to the addition of some cool bicycle data… let the hacking and mashing begin! This platform is an open data catalog built by the OpenOakland Brigade as a … Continue reading →

Posted in government, opengov |

Province of B.C, Canada forges ahead with OpenData initiatives

Posted on February 24, 2013 by glenn

This week a special Open Data Summit took place in Vancouver, B.C where about 120 government folk and stakeholders took part in the discussion around the topic of OpenGov and Open Data. In a report from the event, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in British Columbia, contest, developer, howto, opengov |

Exploring Oregon with Explore Oregon and the Oregon spatial data library

Posted on August 19, 2012 by glenn

Very nice in the Pac NW… Oregon Explorer – Oregon Explorer provides a web-based natural resources digital library by integrating data from state and federal agencies, local governments, university scientists, and citizens. A collaboration between Oregon State University Libraries and … Continue reading →

Posted in opengov |

Open Source Web Mapping Architecture For Mapping Colorado Wildfires

Posted on July 19, 2012 by glenn

In an effort to keep the public informed and make data available to them during the recent wildfires near Colorado Springs, CO the company turned to open source as a solution. Their blog goes into details of how they luckily, … Continue reading →

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Canada Touts Open Government: 272,000 Open Data Sets, Open Information, and Open Dialogue

Posted on April 13, 2012 by glenn

In case you missed it, this week the Government of Canada released their latest iteration of a roadmap towards Open Government. According to the report, there are  some 12 commitments in the Action Plan that will be implemented over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, opengov |

Search Ethics on Data.gov #openGov #openData

Posted on March 8, 2012 by glenn

Looks like a new feature on the robust Data.gov (USA) website, this one enabling users to search for “Ethics” and related data and documents.  From Data.gov – Ethics.Data.gov brings records and data from across the federal government to one central … Continue reading →

Posted in government, opengov |

The Open Data Pilot Canada #OpenGov

Posted on March 6, 2012 by glenn

The Government of Canada has a serious, ongoing movement towards providing more OpenData and Open Government. Part of the initiative is an ongoing OpenData pilot. About the pilot project… The Open Data Pilot is part of the Government of Canada’s … Continue reading →

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URISA BC Event – Open Data, So What?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by glenn

An interesting event near Vancouver as URISA BC (British Columbia, Canada)  is hosting an interesting full day event on Feb 16, 2012 in Burnaby BC titled Open Data, So What? About the event… In this upcoming seminar, we will explore … Continue reading →

Posted in British Columbia, events, opengov |

OpenGeo Announces Release of Suite 2.4.4

Posted on January 13, 2012 by glenn

The very busy and growing OpenGeo team has just this week announced details of the release of OpenGeo Suite 2.4.4 – recall the OpenGeo Suite is 100% Open Source and now the entire source code library has been migrated to … Continue reading →

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