[ddj] Accessing the Olympics related datasets/ap

Mon May 14 22:37:59 UTC 2012

FYI.

The website for the Olympic themed hackathon is now live at
http://mmxiihack.org

I haven't opened up the registration yet. If you are interested, please
track the event at lanyrd.com/2012/mmxiihack/

Thanks.

Makoto

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Makoto Inoue <inouemak at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Hi, Innes.
>
> Thank you very much for your kind offer. I added you in the google
> spreadsheet, so feel free to add any related data as you found.
> I am going to announce my Hackathon sometime next week. I meant Hackathon
> to be a local event in london, but do you think there will be a need to
> allow online participants, too (there won't be any prizes, but may be
> interesting to exchange info)?
>
> Hi, Henry
>
> A few of my friends actually contacted the committee, but I heard that
> the committee doesn't want to get involved at all. I will also give a try,
> but I don't have a high hope...
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Makoto
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:26 AM, <
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>   1. Re: Working with Data in Guatemala (Pedro Markun)
>>   2. Re: Working with Data in Guatemala (Pedro Markun)
>>   3. Re: Accessing the Olympics related datasets/api (Henry Mensch)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:49:56 -0300
>> From: Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi>
>> Subject: Re: [ddj] Working with Data in Guatemala
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>> sorry... are you by any chace talking about tilemill?
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:13 AM, alia chughtai <alia.chughtai at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Hi everyone
>> >
>> > I'm looking for online tutorials for TileMap, would anyone know where
>> the
>> > best ones would be? Have checked YouTube of course, but I just want to
>> get
>> > a basic idea of how to work the program.
>> >
>> > -Alia Chughtai
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Gustavo Herrarte <gherrarte at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Plaza P?blica is a online newspaper from Guatemala which is starting to
>> >> work with data.  They are starting to use different sorts of data such
>> as
>> >> network, GIS, statistical and discourse.  They are creating interesting
>> >> analysis.  The first incursion into data journalism has been the
>> >> construction of an interactive map of the Guatemalan Congress, which is
>> >> meant to provide basic information to readers on the different aspects
>> of
>> >> congressmen and women such as voting, district, etc. This is the link
>> >> http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-congreso-en-datos   There is
>> >> also in dept analysis for the more advance reader, this is an example
>> of
>> >> such analysis
>> >>
>> http://plazapublica.com.gt/content/anatomia-del-poder-femenino-en-el-congresoThisnewspaper is published in Spanish, there is very little information
>> >> written in English.  Hope you find this information useful.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gustavo Herrarte
>> >> Antrop?logo Social
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>> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:50:32 -0300
>> From: Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi>
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>> That's really great resource. I specially like the in-depth analysis :)
>>
>> Do you have the contact of the group doing this?
>>
>> []'s
>> Pedro Markun
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Gustavo Herrarte <gherrarte at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > Plaza P?blica is a online newspaper from Guatemala which is starting to
>> > work with data.  They are starting to use different sorts of data such
>> as
>> > network, GIS, statistical and discourse.  They are creating interesting
>> > analysis.  The first incursion into data journalism has been the
>> > construction of an interactive map of the Guatemalan Congress, which is
>> > meant to provide basic information to readers on the different aspects
>> of
>> > congressmen and women such as voting, district, etc. This is the link
>> > http://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/el-congreso-en-datos   There is
>> > also in dept analysis for the more advance reader, this is an example of
>> > such analysis
>> >
>> http://plazapublica.com.gt/content/anatomia-del-poder-femenino-en-el-congresoThisnewspaper is published in Spanish, there is very little information
>> > written in English.  Hope you find this information useful.
>> >
>> >
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>> > Gustavo Herrarte
>> > Antrop?logo Social
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>> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 17:25:56 -0700
>> From: Henry Mensch <henry at henare.org>
>> Subject: Re: [ddj] Accessing the Olympics related datasets/api
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>> you could contact the london olympics organizing committee at
>> http://www.london2012.com/contact-us/ ? explain your interest and see
>> what they recommend.
>>
>> On 03 May 2012, at 04:58, Makoto Inoue wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, Matsunami san.
>> >
>> > Thank you very much for your reply.
>> >
>> > Sorry that I did not explain my situation properly.
>> >
>> > I do not work in any news organisation. Even if I do, I am intending to
>> open up the data to anyone who wants to do some mashup site or data
>> visualization, so redistributing the commercially purchased feed will be
>> probably not allowed.
>> >
>> > What I wanted to know is if there are any news site that provides
>> Olympics schedules and results in a semantic format so that it is easily
>> consumable by scripts.
>> >
>> > For example, BBC has very structured web site for the schedule and
>> results, but I am not sure how I can access it in something like xml, json
>> format.
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2012/03/sport_olympic_service_update.html
>> >
>> > The same applies to Olympic Athletes info. Yes, I can easily scrape
>> them, but would be nicer if I don't have to.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Makoto
>> >
>> >
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>> >   2. Re: Accessing the Olympics related datasets/api (Isao Matsunami)
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>> > Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 23:20:29 +0100
>> > From: Makoto Inoue <inouemak at googlemail.com>
>> > Subject: [ddj] Accessing the Olympics related datasets/api
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>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > My name is Makoto and probably the first time to post in this mailing
>> list.
>> >
>> > I am currently trying to organise an Olympic data related hackathon and
>> > compiling a list of interesting data source in the following google
>> > spreadsheet.
>> >
>> >
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmVThz2NA0WRdHdRLUtDSnNGZlg1bDllNFJabUx4VHc
>> >
>> > NOTE: Please feel free to send a permission request, if you would like
>> to
>> > contribute to update the list.
>> >
>> > One thing I am struggling to find is how I can get the real time game
>> > result (apart from scraping from news site, etc) and full list of
>> > Olympic athletes names and details.
>> >
>> > There seems a protocol defined at http://odf.olympictech.org/, but not
>> > clear whether the data is open or even how to access it.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know good (real time and semantic) data api for the
>> Olympics?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Makoto
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>> > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 07:33:24 +0900
>> > From: Isao Matsunami <isao_ma at on.rim.or.jp>
>> > Subject: Re: [ddj] Accessing the Olympics related datasets/api
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>> > Olympics data is distributed by WNPA. I think lots of media people are
>> > working on that format currently.
>> > You should ask your company whether it is subscribed or not.
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/5/3 Makoto Inoue <inouemak at googlemail.com>:
>> > > Hi.
>> > >
>> > > My name is Makoto and probably the first time to post in this mailing
>> list.
>> > >
>> > > I am currently trying to organise an Olympic data related hackathon
>> and
>> > > compiling a list of interesting data source in the following google
>> > > spreadsheet.
>> > >
>> > >
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmVThz2NA0WRdHdRLUtDSnNGZlg1bDllNFJabUx4VHc
>> > >
>> > > NOTE: Please feel free to send a permission request, if you would
>> like to
>> > > contribute to update the list.
>> > >
>> > > One thing I am struggling to find is how I can get the real time game
>> result
>> > > (apart from scraping from news site, etc) and full list of
>> Olympic?athletes
>> > > names and details.
>> > >
>> > > There seems a protocol defined at http://odf.olympictech.org/, but
>> not clear
>> > > whether the data is open or even how to access it.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know good (real time and semantic) data api for the
>> Olympics?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks.
>> > >
>> > > Makoto
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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