We’re ramping up for this year’s GovHack event at the moment and excited to be a national sponsor again this year.
This open source web application uses open government data and a mapping interface to enable people to find out which suburbs will be most affordable for them.
Developer Alex Raichev used open data to create a web application that helps you work out the most affordable suburb to rent in and commute from.
Data.govt.nz adopted an international data harvesting open standard (data.json) to automate agency dataset updates and additions. There are tools available to help generate the correct format and the open standard data schema is detailed with examples.
ContentsIntroduction and context
Copyright, databases and datasets
The law as stated in NZGOAL
Developments since NZGOAL was approved in 2010
Suitability of Creative Commons licences for copyright databases and datasets
Consideration…
We tested two concepts with a number of our users from the data community to extend the search so it includes results from both datasets and content. Read about our process and provide your feedback.
This paper explores barriers currently preventing agencies from providing more open data that is comparable and interoperable.
This year, groups from around the country took part in International Open Data Day, working on everything from writing tutorials and feedback, to building front ends, to sharing knowledge and discussing books.
We look at the latest results from the data.govt.nz community feedback survey, to find out what works for you, what doesn't, and how we can improve the experience of using data.govt.nz.
When releasing open data it is important to use a standard to ensure your data is comparable and interoperable.