[CivicAccess-discuss] RE: CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4

[Jennifer Bell]

I was going to use this one to resolve new postal codes as they come in from users:

http://www.makethechange.ca/electoral-data-consortium-api

The lookup table itself seems to be pretty expensive.  I've read it's covered by crown copyright, but I've always understood that copyright doesn't apply to facts, so I'm confused.

Jennifer

--- On Thu, 9/11/08, Joe Murray <joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz> wrote:

> From: Joe Murray <joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz>
> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] RE: CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4
> To: civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> Cc: "'Mark Kuznicki'" <mark at remarkk.com>
> Received: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 4:00 PM
> Will you have a postal code to riding lookup? Fair Vote
> would like to make
> use of it on a soon to be launched site orphanvoters.ca,
> and
> anyonebutharper.ca also hopes to find a good way to offer
> this to voters (I
> think if they want to trade votes, or vote
> strategically...)
> 
> Joe
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> >    1. Re: Sharing election data? (Judyth Mermelstein)
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> > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:47:41 -0400
> > From: Judyth Mermelstein
> <judyth.mermelstein at mail.mcgill.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Sharing election
> data?
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> > Russell,
> > 
> > I'm sure lots of people would find that extremely
> useful, especially
> > given the nature of the current election campaign and
> the number of
> > issues that will likely fall through the cracks
> without citizen action.
> > 
> > I'll do what I can to get the word out if you do
> set it up.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Judyth
> > 
> > >Message: 1
> > >Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:02:33 -0400
> > >From: Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca>
> > >Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Sharing election
> data?
> > >To: civicaccess discuss
> <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>
> > >Message-ID: <48C46B99.1010607 at flora.ca>
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> > >
> > >
> > >   I'm wondering if there are others that are
> interested in sharing
> > >election related data?  Previous elections I
> offered a tool on
> > >digitalcopyright.ca which would allow people to
> write their
> > candidates.
> > >  There may be other sites wanting to do the same
> thing, so being able
> > >to share email and website data on candidates
> would be great.
> > >
> > >   I just load the candidate names and parties/etc
> from the Elections
> > >Canada csv file they provided in the past, and
> will likely
> > (hopefully?)
> > >do this year as well.
> > >
> > >   I'm wanting to fill in data like I had last
> election at
> >
> >http://www.digital-copyright.ca/election2006/candidates
> > >
> > >--
> > >  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant:
> <http://www.flora.ca/>
> > >  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to
> protect our property
> > >  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign
> the petition!
> > >  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/
> > >
> > >  "The government, lobbied by legacy
> copyright holders and hardware
> > >   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer,
> home theatre, or
> > >   portable media player from my cold dead
> hands!"
> > >
> > 
> > --
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> please
> > phone if you need me urgently, and bear with me if
> less
> > urgent matters take a while to resolve.
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> cogito..."
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