We need more bars on OSM. Cheerio John
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tracey P. Lauriault <tlaur...@gmail.com> Date: 2009/12/7 Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] NYTimes - Local Governments Offer Data to Miners To: civicaccess discuss <civicaccess-disc...@civicaccess.ca> 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? Skip to next paragraph<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/technology/internet/07cities.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#secondParagraph> Enlarge This Image Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times Stamen Design put together the San Francisco Crimespotting site using information from the city's police department. Enlarge This Image 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 -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list civicaccess-disc...@civicaccess.ca http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
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