[CivicAccess-discuss] Guardian Top 100 Sites - selection

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I selected from the top 100 that I thought were relevant - check out the
full list here -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/18/internet-websites
Government/public services/politics

*Streetwire *streetwire.org <http://www.streetwire.org/> hyperlocal
information including planning alerts, crime and public safety, traffic,
local news and postings to FixMyStreet.com <http://www.fixmystreet.com/>.

*Recycle Now *recyclenow.com <http://www.recyclenow.com/> winner of the Show
Us A Better Way competition.

*British and Irish Legal Information Institute
*bailii.org<http://www.bailii.org/>a database of laws. Only survives
hand-to-mouth on voluntary donations;
where's yours?

*What Do They Know? *whatdotheyknow.com
<http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/>makes filing a Freedom Of Information
request as easy as sending an email.
Too easy, some in power think.

*Upmystreet *upmystreet.com <http://www.upmystreet.com/> all the detail on
your area you could ever want.
Maps

*Noise pollution map
*noisemapping.defra.gov.uk<http://noisemapping.defra.gov.uk/cara/wps/portal/noise>how
noisy is it in the area around your house?
Reference*Wikileaks *wikileaks.org <http://www.wikileaks.org/> anonymous
source of leaked documents.

Visualisation

*DabbleDB *dabbledb.com <http://www.dabbledb.com/> create online databases
and analyse them.

*Google Visualisation tools *
code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery.html dozens of
tools for making data more comprehensible.

*Many Eyes *
manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Visualization_Options.html IBM's
visualisation tools, similar to Google's.

-- 
Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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