1. GovHack.org Take 100 passionate and skilled people Bring them together for 24 hours Give them access to Government datasets
2. Participants Lonely Planet, Sensis, News Ltd, Lagen Spatial + many freelancers and not-for-profits Federal Government including BRS & ABS NSW State Government including LPMA & RFS Powerhouse Museum
4. GIS skills? Very few “old school” desktop GIS users Some PostGIS and other FOSS GIS users Little understanding of projections and datums But loads of good ideas
6. LPMA contributions Some useful geographic datasets available from ABS in shapefile format Most users wanted statistics rather than maps Lots of data compilation
10. 2039 includes Balmain and Rozelle Balmain includes 2041 and 2039 Many-to-many relationship
11. Rate A Loo Google Map showing ACT public toilets Allows user to rate the condition Crowd-sourcing information back to Govt Demonstrates common-operating-picture
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15. Know Where You Live Site returns statistics drawn from ABS, NSW Crime Commission, etc Geo-coded photo from the National Library Google Map of the area
23. It’s buggered, mate Allows users to draw features on the map Domain dropdown provides validation Annotate with information on damage Logs inputs into an archive
28. Lobby Clue Correlates data about Government contracts, business details and politicians Shows the relationships between them Data sources: Contract Notices from tenders.gov.au Electoral Region Boundaries Business names from Australian Business Register
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32. Links LPMA matrices Rate My Loo Know where you live My Representatives It’s buggered, mate Lobby Clue