Ars Technica article about the challenge to provide hyperlocal information on a block by block basis by and for citizens.
“The Internet has made it easy to connect with anyone anywhere—but it’s still tough to know what’s going on down the block, in local schools, or at City Hall. One foundation has a plan to change this.”
“data.australia.gov.au is the home of Australian government public information datasets. We encourage you to make government information even more useful by mashing-up the data to create something new and exciting!”
“Openly Local is a new project to develop an open and unified way of accessing Local Government information. So far we have opened up data for over 40 local authorities, and more are being added every week, with more information being opened up too.”
“As part of the government’s plan to expand the available channels for accessing public transport information, this webpage has been created to provide route, timetable and stop/station/wharf information for download. The data is made available in the TransXchange format, an internationally recognised open XML standard for the exchange of public transport information.”
Der Dienst @2gov bietet jetzt in den USA an, Twitter-Nachrichten an Politiker weiterzuleiten, selbst wenn diese die Kurznachrichtenseite gar nicht benutzen. Einmal auf der Webseite registriert können Nutzer Nachrichten an die Politiker ihres Wahlbezirks senden, indem sie @2gov in ihre Nachrichten aufnehmen. Nach Eigenaussage sammelt der Dienst diese Nachrichten und erstellt daraus einen Report, der den Volksvertretern übermittelt wird. Hört sich einfach und effektiv an.