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The other side OKFN Belgium Pieter Colpaert @pietercolpaert

Apps For Flanders

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The result of the hackathon we organised for the Flemish government with OKFN Belgium.

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The other side

OKFN BelgiumPieter Colpaert@pietercolpaert

OKFN Belgium

A local chapter

Apps For ...

Flemish cities

Flemish services

Flemish people

For FlandersKick-off: Random Hacks of Kindness

Today: launch

iRail Summer of code (summerofcode.be)

September: student hackathon

Using the data

Quality at this moment: low

Three more things

1. Open is open

Direct access through URL, no restrictions

Having to run through a 2 week request procedure is not open data

2. The others

3. Invest in the icebergopen data portal

your website

your organisation's

data

Warning: severely simplified

ThanksPieter Colpaert@pietercolpaert

Jury chose 3 apps

Price 1: fully functional

Price 2&3: best concepts

which work with currently released data

1. Open Air Quality API

Team:Bart Hanssens

Bart Van HerrewegheClaes Buckwalter

Use case: mijnlucht.be

● What's the air quality at my current location ?○ Mobile app

● Alert me of bad air quality !○ Prototype: http://mijnlucht.be/alerts

● Average air quality in my neighborhood ?○ House search mashup

● Data mining and visualisation○ Air quality vs deaths vs time

City Battle What is the best place to live in Belgium?

Data sets : Singles, Divorces, Family sizes, Crime

The data is now available through a Web API data.okfn.be/RHoK

Based on User Preferences

Team:Miel Vander SandeMaarten Cautreels

Paul ThyskensJoris Bijnens

3. Multiplatform Geoapps

Team:Lieven Verheust

Marc DeleuDonald CarchonLuk Verhoeven

Credits● odalaigh on flickr● dmcl on flickr● SOS Piet at VTM - stew.be