[OKFN-AU] Introduction / Open Local / FixMyStreet Australia

Sun Jan 27 21:30:54 UTC 2013

This is great Andrew, welcome, welcome!
On Jan 27, 2013 10:17 PM, "Andrew Perry" <andrew.perry at foclaw.org> wrote:

>  Hi all
>
> Looking forward to everything that will come out of linux.conf.au over
> the coming days and in particular the Open Government mini-conf - wish I
> could make it!
>
> I am a lawyer who has been using and promoting Open Source software for
> the past 15+ years and participated in various Open Government initiatives
> for the last 3-4.  I have founded an organisation, Community Builders
> Australia, that primarily assists non-profits with the implementation of
> open source CMS/CRM/DMS (Drupal/CiviCRM/Alfresco) but has also been
> developing a database of Australian Federal and State politicians for use
> by NFPs in their lobbying activities and we're also developing a "Where to
> Vote" mobile app to help people find their local polling booths and find
> out more about the candidates.
>
> I have a blog post at www.foclaw.org.au that outlines my philosophy of
> "Sustainable Sharing".
>
> Last year I decided it was time to deliver on some of the things that we
> have been working on and talking to stakeholders about, so Open Local<http://www.openlocal.org.au>was born.
>
> Yesterday, to celebrate Australia Day, Open Local launched FixMyStreet
> Australia at http://nsw.fixmystreet.org.au
>
> As the domain name suggests, FixMyStreet is currently servicing NSW, with
> Victoria (and other States) to come online next month.
>
> As part of implementing FixMyStreet, Open Local has also implemented a
> MapIt server that lets you browse various areas covering the nation
> including ABS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions, State Electoral Divisions
> and Local Government Areas: Type in your postcode in the form of
> http://mapit.openlocal.org.au/areas/pc6000.html for 6000, click on the
> result and you can see what I mean.  You can then see what other areas
> cover or overlap it using the navigation on the page.
>
> We plan to build on it to make other ABS information more readily
> available and actionable.
>
> I am particularly interested in the policy and practicalities of open
> source / open data / open government models.
>
> I look forward to participating in the group.
>
> If you are in NSW, please post any issues in your street on FixMyStreet
> and let us know how you go getting a response from your Council.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Andrew
>
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