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Vancouver Parks Finder
For a site focused on the Halton Region this blog has way too many posts about Vancouver. That’s because both the city & the province have such active Open Data / Open Gov initiatives. There’s a...
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Burlington Open Data focus group
The City of Burlington has invited anyone interested in open data / open gov / gov 20 community to participate in the following e-Gov Focus Group: Session 5: Targeted to OPEN DATA July 6: 7 to 9 p.m....
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Toronto’s Data: Open. Rinse. Repeat.
Yesterday’s article in Toronto Sun claims: Toronto’s data open but almost useless. The author argues that Toronto’s open data catalogue isn’t "truly open" because citizens need to rely on “web-savvy...
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Why Open Data is cool
a Case Study for Municipal Open Data The heat is scorching! Residents across Ontario, Quebec and part of the US are trying to stay cool. Many seek out public swimming pools and splash-pads, and turn to...
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3 Quick Wins for your Open Gov Initiative
If you’re a government agency evaluating ways to get started with your Gov 2.0 / Open Gov / Open Data initiatives, keep in mind these 3 simple strategies for a quick win: 1. Review the terms of use...
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Fighting Flu with Open Data
Happy 2012! Things have been busy on the Open Data front in the Halton Region – with Burlington, ON open data pilot announced and launched in the fall, and even some apps & visualizations of Parks...
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Milton Open Data Motion
Today Milton, ON town council is considering an open data motion put forward jointly by two Milton councilors: Rick Di Lorenzo and Zeeshan Hamid. The motion specifically calls out Open Government, Open...
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What happened, Milton?
Open Data in Milton, ON? Not quite yet, possibly not at all! But why? Things seem to progress so well with the Open Data motion!? What happened: Councilor R. Di Lorenzo withdrew his motion and asked...
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Do you need an API? It depends!
Peter Krantz published this article discussing whether Governments really need APIs for open data? Wouldn’t a “download” of a dataset suffice? My perspective: It depends! Is it one or multiple related...
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Hacking Open Data with the Finder Template and a Sandwich: Citizen-Ready Apps...
I’m re-posting a short how-to in honour of the last OpenDataDay hackathon. This uses City of Waterloo’s Open Data catalogue, which has a number of useful datasets, one of which I particularly liked for...
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