[OSGeo BC] Fwd: City of Vancouver Looking for Open Data Feedback

[Sam Vekemans]

Just an FYI,
IMO, getting 'direct concent' in the form of 'written permission'
should be fine. As well as the XML format (i think is the same as OSM)

Fortunatly, the licence is good enough that i can make my own 'do not
sell' Garmin map.

Perhaps this is one thing that we can go over at the OSGeo-BC event on
the 27 July?

Cheers,
Sam

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From: opendata-vancouver at list.vancouver.ca
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:48:52 -0700
Subject: City of Vancouver Looking for Open Data Feedback
To: acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com

The City of Vancouver is continually looking for ways to improve the
accessibility and usability of its open data catalogue. One option that
has been considered is to provide access to the catalogue through APIs
based on Open standards such as REST and web services.

The city currently provides data via bulk downloads of datasets whereby
developers download an entire dataset and create custom API's in order
to interact with the data and display it in meaningful ways. Those who
want to look at the raw data currently have no easy way of filtering
that data and listing only the records that are relevant to them. As our
goal is to provide as much data as possible in open formats and in ways
that meet the needs of the community we would like to understand if
providing this level of access would be beneficial to you and help us
achieve our goal. So, what we would like to know from you is:

Has anyone had any experience using data from open data sites in this
way and if so can you talk a little about your experience? Did it make
life easier? Harder? Any opinions?

Does anyone have any experience with a specific solution or platform
that provides this kind of access?=20

For anyone who has built applications that use the City's data
catalogue, what would the impacts to those applications be if Vancouver
were to go this direction? Could Vancouver do anything to minimize those
impacts?

Do you as users have any preference as to what platform or mechanism the
City uses to provide its Data?

Is anyone interested in seeing other features on the City's Open Data
website such as social media tags, dataset rankings, etc?

On behalf of the Open Data Team, thanks in advance for your feedback.

Darrin Fast
darrin.fast at vancouver.ca
(604) 873-7033




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