App URL: http://webocratize.us
Code location: http://code.google.com/p/webocratize/
Award type: Honorable Mention
Webocratize.US was created to better visualize DC’s public data. You can see watersheds, voting precincts and other valuable information on a google map.
App by: Scott Tuddenham
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.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 [...]
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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.
