Apps for Democracy

Biking DC Mashup

2008 December 2nd
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NOTE: Submitted after contest conclusion.

App URL: http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/bikingdc/

Inspired by the Apps for Democracy contest which encouraged developers to build useful applications from DC’s Data Catalog, Lokesh Dhakar built a Google Maps mashup which displays bike lanes and signed bike routes. Use the map as a starting to point to plan your ride through the city.

Tech Notes

The ‘Bicycle Lane‘ and ‘Signed Bike Route‘ KMZ files from the DC Data Catalog are used. Data is pulled daily. Before displaying, the files are filtered to display only existing bike lanes.

App by: Lokesh Dhakar

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