Comments on: Open data or bust: the road to the digital public square http://anthillonline.com/open-data-or-bust-the-road-to-the-digital-public-square/ Business help for entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners in Australia | Business > Innovation > Technology > Entrepreneurship - Anthill Magazine: It's Where Ideas and Business Meet. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matthew da Silva http://anthillonline.com/open-data-or-bust-the-road-to-the-digital-public-square/#comment-17944 Matthew da Silva Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:32:59 +0000 http://anthillonline.com/?p=18509#comment-17944 Hi Adrian - Yes, there seems to be movement, but so far no apps brought to the public, unlike in the US. I guess the negative views in the story are due, in some degree, to the track record of government. So far, only RailCorp has come out. I await developments eagerly. Generally, the open gov project seems to be far more advanced in the US; they even have a gov data online radio station! This situation is somewhat surprising, as Australia traditionally is a very early adopter of new technologies. Thanks for your input. Hi Adrian – Yes, there seems to be movement, but so far no apps brought to the public, unlike in the US. I guess the negative views in the story are due, in some degree, to the track record of government. So far, only RailCorp has come out. I await developments eagerly. Generally, the open gov project seems to be far more advanced in the US; they even have a gov data online radio station! This situation is somewhat surprising, as Australia traditionally is a very early adopter of new technologies.

Thanks for your input.

]]> By: My Photos Across the Web [A Little Narcissism] http://anthillonline.com/open-data-or-bust-the-road-to-the-digital-public-square/#comment-15531 My Photos Across the Web [A Little Narcissism] Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:19:51 +0000 http://anthillonline.com/?p=18509#comment-15531 [...] Open data or bust: the road to the digital public square "True Friends" [...] [...] Open data or bust: the road to the digital public square "True Friends" [...]

]]> By: A. Hall http://anthillonline.com/open-data-or-bust-the-road-to-the-digital-public-square/#comment-15527 A. Hall Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:19:43 +0000 http://anthillonline.com/?p=18509#comment-15527 Great post. Several agencies are releasing data for open access. For example, the MashUpAustralia, via the Government 2 Taskforce: http://mashupaustralia.org/. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (@yourABS) has released data, via CData Online: http://www.abs.gov.au/CDATAOnline; allowing access to data to create your own Census data tables, etc. The latest release of Australian Social Trends from the ABS (http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0?opendocument#from-banner=LN) are available under Creative Commons' Attribution 2.5 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/). Even, within my own state some transport information is available for download to mobile phone. Adelaide Metro offers timetable info, but only to Java-enabled phones: http://adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/nomads.html; also a Journey planner is available with the help of Google Maps. There are more examples and a lot more innovation to come from the MashUpAustralia, and Apps4NSW. Great post. Several agencies are releasing data for open access.

For example, the MashUpAustralia, via the Government 2 Taskforce: http://mashupaustralia.org/. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (@yourABS) has released data, via CData Online: http://www.abs.gov.au/CDATAOnline; allowing access to data to create your own Census data tables, etc.

The latest release of Australian Social Trends from the ABS (http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0?opendocument#from-banner=LN) are available under Creative Commons’ Attribution 2.5 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/).

Even, within my own state some transport information is available for download to mobile phone. Adelaide Metro offers timetable info, but only to Java-enabled phones: http://adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/nomads.html; also a Journey planner is available with the help of Google Maps.

There are more examples and a lot more innovation to come from the MashUpAustralia, and Apps4NSW.

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