DoITT’s Albert Webber delivered a presentation on the NYC OpenData portal to a full auditorium at the 2013 hackNY Student Hackathon. This event took place on April 6th at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University.
Check out the projects from the student hackathon
Credit: Photo by Matylda Czarnecka from the hackNY flickr
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This past weekend, the City of New York took a big step forward to reaching more of NYC’s sustainability goals thanks to individuals and companies in the tech industry. NYC Digital and the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability hosted Reinvent Green, the City’s first…
View photos of our NYC Open Data Policy Hack Day on Saturday at Pivotal Labs. Thanks to all who contributed their time and ideas!
Add your feedback to the NYC Open Data Policy: nyc.gov/datastandards
Help develop the plan for NYC government to unlock its data
NYC Open Data Policy Hack Day Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM (ET) REGISTER HERE
NYC recently enacted Local Law 11 of 2012, which mandates citywide open data in machine-readable formats through a centralized, publicly accessible web site. The NYC Open Data portal was launched in late 2011 to meet this need. The legislation additionally mandates the creation of technical standards in support of this initiative.
Join NYC DoITT’s team from the Office of Strategic Technology Development and the open government community – policymakers, technologists, civic hackers, app developers, academics, journalists and data enthusiasts – for an engaging day of discussions, drafting, planning and hacking.
Don’t wait until the event: collaborate on NYC’s Open Data Policies, Technical Standards, and Guidelines wiki now.
App Spotlight
Roger Pincombe flew to NYC all the way from Atlanta to attend the Big Apps 3.0 Hackathon last weekend. Using NYC Open Data, he created NYC Pacman, Pacman on NYC Streets, in just an hour.
Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated in this weekend’s Big Apps 3.0 Hackathon at Pivotal Labs!
The 1st prize winner was “Can I Park Here?” designed by @Eric Rafaloff which tells users if it is legal to park in a space in real-time.
The 2nd prize winner was “Scene Near Me,” designed by @LSMiranda @bringmedabir and @dblums sends Foursquare users text messages if they are near famous film locations.
The 3rd prize winner was NYC TaxiTracker, designed by Reinvent NYC.gov alum @_alastair, which allows users to track cab medallion numbers and drivers, compare route data and review their cab experiences.
Thinking of entering NYC BigApps 3.0? We’d love to see you at the first NYC BigApps hackathon the weekend of November 11th. Sign up before it fills up!
(via nycdigital)
