apps for flanders at random hacks of kindness

RHoKand Apps For Flanders

Open Knowledge FoundationPieter Colpaert@pietercolpaert

pieter.colpaert@okfn.org

A gap: 2 groups

Techies Policy makers

OKFN Belgium* - Goal: closing the gap

*incubating chapter

iRail vzw - Digital creativity in mobility

Because I'm here:

FlatTurtle bvba - realtime digital signage

And because I'm here anyway (bis):

Random Hacks of Kindness

if(Coding for a better world + Open Data == A match){let's invite OKFN Belgium;

}© 2012 Maarten Cautreels

Everyone ♥ Open Data

Or almost everyone...

Kenia has open data

And Belgium?

lot of work needed

Apps For Flanders

Hackathon trajectory OKFNGoal: stimulating use of Open Data in Flanders

Datasetshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/16KC3GaD3xkV7VcKZBBlLXrwnYrqkvPHvnnGkZXZQsww/edit

Flemish Open Data Day

When: 15th of JuneLocation: BrusselsA lot of policy makers invited Let's show what's possible with Open Data(Most interesting project with open data at RHoK will be presented there)

Idea

Map to decide where to live, taking various parameters (open data) into account Taxes

Schools in neighbourhood

Interesting places

Real estatePublic transport

And so on...

Technology choices?

OpenStreetMap

GeoJSON

JavaScript

API interface

Leaflet

2012The year of Open Data in Belgium

Open Knowledge FoundationPieter Colpaert@pietercolpaert

pieter.colpaert@okfn.org