[ddj] Election Data Community Hangout

[Richard Allen]

I was going to ask the same, will there be a recording?



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*Richard Allen*
http://www.richardallen.co.uk


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Saul Lozano <saul.lozano at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fantastic!
>
> But ... I am afraid I cannot attend. Any chance to see a recorded session
> later?
>
> Cheers
> Saul
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Today is election day for several UK local councils. Elections are usually
>> reported by using tons of statistics, graphs and metrics. We’ll look into
>> Election data in a Community hangout tomorrow May 3rd 2013 at 2pm-3pm BST.
>>
>> We’ll talk about how to obtain data, what you can do with it, ways to
>> visualize it and try to think outside the box.
>>
>>
>> If you want to participate in this community hangout: sign up here:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1aOIh9vEb4kEpAEnV106EPuRNwbK3vRLFQlZ9KP4juew/viewform
>>
>> We'll have a google hangout so space is limited to 9 participants (+1
>> facilitator) - If you're happy to facilitate please note in the form and
>> we'll contact you (so we can have more than one call).
>>
>> Interesting reading along the way:
>>
>> Getting ward boundries:
>>
>> http://blog.ouseful.info/2013/05/02/shapefiles-for-electoral-wards-covered-by-a-particular-geography/
>> Local Election Factsheet:
>> http://fullfact.org/articles/local_elections_factsheet_may_2013-28903
>> A quick guide to mapping local elections:
>>
>> http://schoolofdata.org/2013/05/02/proving-the-data-a-quick-guide-to-mapping-local-elections/
>> Gregor Aisch German local election visualization:
>> http://nds2013.vis4.net/electionmaps/
>>
>> See you there!
>>
>> Michael
>>
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