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Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

not needed — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:13:24 -0000

if you are making companies close because no one is spending money therefore more people are drawing the dole getting less than €200 a week to pay for the mortgage to by food to pay bills etc. and you say the cost of living has come down if the government can't live on less than €200 a week why should we the government should try walking in our shoes for change and see what it's really like and not sitting up there big and grand house spending our (tax payers) hard earned money!

Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

Colin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:51:07 -0000

We begun using the mashup approach to map crime in the UK at SpotCrime.com

Currently, the data is coming from news sources.

Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

Niall Larkin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:19:57 -0000

www.OpenApp.ie could provide an 'in' and some credibility leverage as they have established a trusted working relationship with HSE. The apps they build are based on opensource stuff but as yet the data is strictly processed and viewed internally.

Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

Evert Bopp — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:27 -0000

Good ideas there.
I was recently talking to someone in North Tipperary county council. They ahve put the whole planning application system online. It's searchable, very user friendly and will soon have integrated mapping.
What i've noticed is that these kind of initiatives within local and national government more often than not come from the bottom up...

Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

Jonathan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:39:24 -0000

I was reading yesterday how an api was released in the UK for social problems. For example, a burst pipe was noticed on a road in London, someone pinpoints the location, describes the issue in detail and then it gets sent to the relavant council authority. It notes when the issue was posted, the reply from the council and any subsequent action undertaken by the governing authority.

I totally agree that the data made availabile by the government should be a priority. Hiding all this info just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, as does the fee required by the FOI act.

Re: Irish Government – Data Sharing, APIs, and Mashups

paulsweeney — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:15:42 -0000

Absolutely massive ideas in here. I think you might be surprised at how open some of the government people might be to such "pilots". Drop me an email if you need a few contacts.