GovHack - Canberra 30/31 October

[George Bray-3]

GovHack is a free, intensive day and a half exploring ways of creating
mashups and applications with government data and services, and most
importantly building some applications before the event is over.

http://govhack.org/

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[Marghanita da Cruz]

George Bray wrote:
> GovHack is a free, intensive day and a half exploring ways of creating
> mashups and applications with government data and services, and most
> importantly building some applications before the event is over.
>
> http://govhack.org/
>

There is quite a bit of data already
available on the Internet (such as
traffic stats and Carbon Calcultors).
Using this I have done some simple
modelling on the CO2 generated by
traffic in Sydney - I hope it will be a
catalyst for a more sophisticated mashup.

> That would add up to 106kgx15,724prius=1,666,744 kg of CO2. A Eucalptus Tree (Hardwood) which has grown a trunk of 100cm Trunk has absorbed 1,182kg of CO2. So, those 15,724 Prius travelling through Annandale alone, would generate more CO2 than 1410 mid size Eucalypt Trees have absorbed. Noting also, that this assumes the electricity the prius uses is generated elsewhere and produces no CO2.
<http://ramin.com.au/eco-sydney/>

This probably contributes to:
Australia's CO2 emissions of 17/person
Germany's 8/person
China's 4 /person

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[Tom Worthington]

George Bray wrote:
> GovHack ... mashups and applications with government data ... http://govhack.org/

Yes, GovHack is a free, intensive event at the ANU in Canberra on 30 to
31 October. This is sponsored by the Government 2.0 Taskforce and
supported by CSIRO. Government agencies, locals, state, federal and
international, might like to come forward with APIs and datasets to be
used by the participants. Offer datasets and tools via the Wiki:
<http://govhack.org/wiki/>. University and industry researchers can
contact Laurent Lefort at CSIRO:
<http://www.ict.csiro.au/staff/laurent.lefort/>.

The event will explore  some of the ideas for the use of government
information discussed at Bar Camp Canberra:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/03/redesigning-australian-government.html>.


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