Archive for: open data

Software developer wins Edmonton app competition DinerInspect app has restaurant inspection reports EDMONTON — Software developer Mitch Ronquillo has taken the guesswork out of where to dine or not to dine in Edmonton by creating an application that displays restaurant inspection reports on a map. Ronquillo’s DinerInspect app was selected [...]

Publication No. 2010-14E Government 2.0 and Access to Information: 1. Recent Developments in Proactive Disclosure and Open Data in Canada Alysia Davies Dara Lithwick Legal and Legislative Affairs Division Parliamentary Information and Research Service Library of Parliament 15 April 2010 PDF (247 Kb, 12 pages) Contents 1 Introduction 2 Municipal [...]

Is public data the future of governance? How free information can make government more accountable and transparent by Aaron Wherry on Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:00pm - 13 Comments PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON HAYTER Garbage day in Vancouver is complicated. Because the schedule shifts each time a holiday occurs, your assigned day for pickup [...]

Group calls on Montreal to join open-data movement Everything from crime stats to garbage-collection times should be available to public, Montréal ouverte says By Jason Magder, The Gazette August 23, 2010 MONTREAL – A group of citizens is pushing Montreal to join a worldwide movement to make its information accessible [...]