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
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App URL: http://gregelin.com/demo/hansenqb/
Code location: http://gregelin.com/demo/hansenqb/howitworks.html#sourcecode
App award: Indie Bronze
Hansen Daily Quick Browse gives you an easy look into the different kinds of Hansen requests in the district, and provides a handy Google Maps mashup.
App by: Gren Elin (Sunlight Foundation)
App category: Indie
App URL: http://achievedc.mapkist.com
Code location: http://achieve-dc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
Award type: Indie Bronze
Achieve D.C. is a visualization tool that shows both elementary/middle/high school test score levels and the poverty rate in those areas.
App by: Kumiko Yamazaki
App category: Indie
App URL: http://www.iLive.at
Code location: http://code.google.com/p/iliveat/
Award type: Indie Gold
Live or plan to live in DC? Then iLive.at is for you! Enter a DC address and iLive.at will present you with information tailored to that exact location, cleanly organized into categories. The “Errands” category indicates how far the nearest shopping center, post office and convenience store are, [...]
App URL: http://demos3.jackbe.com/mashlets/crimeByDistrict/index.html
The DC Crime By District mashup lets you select specific specific crimes and populates them on a Google Map in a sharable widget form.
App by: William McVay
App category: Indie
App URL: http://a4d.appspot.com/
Code location: http://code.google.com/p/dcrabpd/
Award type: Indie Bronze
The DCRA building permit dashboard is an easy way to sort data by clicking column names and address fields and provides Google Street Views of building permit info in The District.
App by: Marc Irlandez
App category: Indie
App URL: http://demos3.jackbe.com/mashlets/fugitiveFinder/
This page can be used by an organization to track a person of interest and cross reference known activities with suspected ones.
App by: William McVay
App category: Indie
App URL: http://demos3.jackbe.com/mashlets/factorial/
The Mashup Mashup lets you select specific KZM files and populate them on a Google Map.
App by: William McVay
App category: Indie
App URL: http://tinyurl.com/5mnlcx
Code location: “view source/save” to download there code
Award type: Honorable Mention
How safe are the historic areas of Washington, DC? Modeled with free data from the District. It looks like crime avoids historic areas and structures unlike other cities.
App by: Brad Gilreath
App category: Agency
App URL: http://staysafedc.com/
Code location: http://www.staysafedc.com/source.tgz
Award type: Honorable Mention
Stay Safe, DC! is a thoughtful Google Maps mashup that shows you crime within a set radius of your address. You can also sign up for crime alerts in the radius via email.
App by: Michael Guo
App category: Indie
App URL: http://www.dcpedestrian.com/
D.C. Pedestrian is an application that aggregates the information you want to know for walking in D.C. It covers where and how to go, as well as problems that might be in the way - it has real-time maps of crimes and of road construction, and a map of streets without sidewalks. It [...]
App URL: http://www.potomacdata.net
Code location: http://www.potomacdata.net/code
Award type: Honorable Mention
DC Hospital Information is a Google Maps mash-up based on data sourced data from DC’s Data Catalog and Medicare. The map provides name, address, website and survey information for all the hospitals in Washington DC area. Name, address and website information is obtained from DC’s Data Catalog, whereas the survery [...]
App Url: http://www.dchistorictours.com
Code location: http://code.google.com/p/dchistorictours/
Award type: Agency Gold
DC Historic Tours is a slick Google Maps mashup that combines custom walking tour creation with Flickr photo feeds and Wikipedia entries. You can click through now and checkout the preview which will let you create a custom map, save it and reference it later when you’re ready to [...]
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The District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) which is responsible for DC technology infrastructure and provides a Data Catalog, which provides real-time data from multiple agencies to citizens - a catalyst ensuring agencies operate as more responsive, better performing organizations. Apps for Democracy participants will compete to visualize this data in a manner that is most useful for all.
iStrategyLabs is a digital agency focused on providing clients with interactive strategy, experiential marketing and content creation services. We've created Apps for Democracy to fulfill the DC Government's Office of the Chief Technology Officer's need for visualizing their Data Catalog for the benefit of citizens, visitors and businesses of DC. We hope this model for technology innovation can be adopted by other municipalities in order to strengthen their own technology communities by developing open source solutions for the good of all. Please contact Peter Corbett, CEO, iStrategyLabs with any questions regarding this contest, or to run one in your city.
