[CivicAccess-discuss] NYTimes - Local Governments Offer Data to Miners

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Local Governments Offer Data to Miners(
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/technology/internet/07cities.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
)
NOte - the article on line has lots of links.

SAN FRANCISCO — A big pile of city crime reports is not all that useful. But
what if you could combine that data with information on bars, sidewalks and
subway stations to find the safest route home after a night out?
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Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times

Stamen Design put together the San Francisco Crimespotting site using
information from the city's police department.
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DC Bikes, which shows bike paths in the Washington area, and Stumble Safely,
which shows the safest way to get home from bars at night there, were both
developed using government data.

In Washington, a Web site called Stumble
Safely<http://outsideindc.com/stumblesafely/>makes that possible. It
is one example of the kind of creativity that cities
are hoping to mobilize by turning over big chunks of data to programmers and
the public.
read more here -
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/technology/internet/07cities.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

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Tracey P. Lauriault
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https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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