In case you missed it, this week the Government of Canada released their latest iteration of a roadmap towards Open Government. According to the report, there are some 12 commitments in the Action Plan that will be implemented over the next three years. Several action areas of interest include: issuing a government-wide directive that […]
Search Ethics on Data.gov #openGov #openData
Looks like a new feature on the robust Data.gov (USA) website, this one enabling users to search for “Ethics” and related data and documents. From Data.gov – Ethics.Data.gov brings records and data from across the federal government to one central location, making it easier for citizens to hold public officials accountable. The site is starting […]
The Open Data Pilot Canada #OpenGov
The Government of Canada has a serious, ongoing movement towards providing more OpenData and Open Government. Part of the initiative is an ongoing OpenData pilot. About the pilot project… The Open Data Pilot is part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to open government, which is being pursued along three streams: open data, open information […]
URISA BC Event – Open Data, So What?
An interesting event near Vancouver as URISA BC (British Columbia, Canada) is hosting an interesting full day event on Feb 16, 2012 in Burnaby BC titled Open Data, So What? About the event… In this upcoming seminar, we will explore how geospatial technologies are being leveraged through open data, and how they are introduced into […]
OpenGeo Announces Release of Suite 2.4.4
The very busy and growing OpenGeo team has just this week announced details of the release of OpenGeo Suite 2.4.4 – recall the OpenGeo Suite is 100% Open Source and now the entire source code library has been migrated to GitHub. Some more details from the OpenGeo blog as updates include: GeoServer: Added Basic HTTP […]
Canada Open Government Consultation #openGov
The Government of Canada is promoting a new, Open Government consultation process. Open Open Gov Canada, Since the March 2011 launch of the Open Government initiative, the Canadian International Development Agency has joined the Open Data portal and posted 24 new data sets to the portal, and 33 other data sets have been added by […]
Recap from a HackDay Event, Tips and loads of OpenData, OpenGov links
I managed to free up a Saturday and spent it at a local HackDay event here in Victoria. I’ve provided a run down of what we did, what hackday was all about, what we worked on, and shared loads of resource and weblinks useful to others planning a hack of their own including opengov links, […]
Open Source Government As A Platform and Data.gov in a box #opengov
I’m a firm believer in the concept of Government as a platform and indeed it seems that the idea is much closer to being an accepted reality, even more so recently with the announcement via the Whitehouse blog of the US Government’s Open Government platform and an open source initiative – think data-government in a […]
Hack Tip – A Fast, Simple ArcGIS Map Mashup of Flickr Photos and Foursquare Checkins
With all the talk about Global hack day and our own local Hackday event taking place in my city this week-end, it got me thinking about doing a little hacking with open tools and open data of my own… heck, why not? As luck would have it, just today I noticed a couple of interesting […]
Business Value of OGC Standards Survey – You Could Win an iPad2
A reminder comes our way via our friends at the OGC as they ask the Geo industry to take part in a survey (note, there’s 2 separate surveys, one for technology users, the other for technology and solution providers and consultants). About the survey – The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of […]