[okfn-discuss] Is there a catalog of Open Data Applications

Wed Oct 23 13:06:33 UTC 2013

Maybe it's still far from what you want, but here're two lists which could
be helpful:

All the apps developed by City Government of Taipei (before mid-2012):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhiwX2rqs8dzdDVHXy14T0ZDMmVoTWZSYUlpVWVrRFE&usp=drive_web#gid=1

And quite a few by the Taiwanese government:
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=19EzkpxuV83KKK_dNVDkgyxZp4KMrc-6nXgwgI4Y#rows:id=1

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:36 PM, FENG GAO <gaofeng860918 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for your reply
>
> It seems I asked the question in a wrong way. Let me re-phrase it a bit.
>
> In fact, I know some resources mentioned above to locate specific
> examples. Here, I'm actually not talking about locating one example to
> illustrate the idea of open data but I'm asking whether there is single
> one-stop site I could just visit and get the example I need rather than
> searching different places to find the right example.
>
> Moreover, it could be just beyond finding an example. I'm thinking about
> comparing different app solutions that use the same type of dataset. For
> instance, how different apps use the crime data? e.g. a map of crime data
> v.s. a visualization of crime statistics. what kinds of data are mixed with
> crime data to create new services?  what kinds of impacts they've made?
>
> Also, it could be interesting to monitor the usage of open data and
> provide the statistics. Since if data is not used, data is then useless. We
> need not just to monitor how many datasets are opened but also monitor how
> many of them are actually used and how they are used.
>
> It could also be interesting to help citizens to show the gov a concrete
> example and tell them why they should open a specific dataset because there
> is one example showing the tech solution and already made good
> social/economic impacts
>
> what do you think? is this something worthy to do if it does not exist?
>
> thanks,
> Feng
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Feng,
>>
>> The LinkedUp Project is running a series of three consecutive
>> competitions looking for interesting and innovative tools and applications
>> that analyse and/or integrate open web data for educational purposes.
>>
>> The 22 open data applications from the first competition are listed
>> online:
>> http://linkedup-challenge.org/veni.html
>>
>> There will be more to come!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>>
>> On 22/10/2013 23:18, Heather Leson wrote:
>>
>>  HI Feng, I have a few places for you to search (See below). It would
>> help us if you could provide specific types of issues that people would
>> like to see technical solutions address.  There are likely some examples
>> globally. (eg. extraction, water tracking, etc.)
>>
>> Examples from the various World Bank apps challenges:
>>
>>  http://data.worldbank.org/apps  and
>> http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/
>>
>>
>> I think that the city reps from the various Open Data Days might be on
>> this list. See the Open Data Day wiki:
>> http://wiki.opendataday.org/2013/City_Events
>>
>>  Code for America:
>> http://www.codeforamerica.org/apps/
>>
>>
>>  With Random Hacks of Kindness, there were also a few examples:
>> http://www.rhok.org/ (check the blog)
>>
>>
>>  The Space Apps challenge also has a few great examples:
>>
>> http://spaceappschallenge.org/
>>
>>
>>  One thing that I have yet to see (a big dream), is a master search
>> across all the events and github for these examples. I agree that is a gap.
>>
>>
>> Happy hunting,
>>
>>
>>  Heather
>>
>>
>> On 18 October 2013 05:26, FENG GAO <gaofeng860918 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi, all:
>>>
>>>  When i talk about open data  in China, I'm always asked to show people
>>> different kinds of open data applications, which use the dataset those
>>> people are interested in. So I'm wondering whether there is any
>>> catalog/database/project collecting applications built upon open data?
>>>
>>>  thanks,
>>> Feng
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