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Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

a...@ali.as (Adam Kennedy) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:57 UT

A few notes about file format strategies (with which I am more
familiar than I care to be).

The people consuming your data are going to be be at all kinda of
different levels of experience, using different programming languages
(or not using any at all) on different operating systems, with
different goals in mind.

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

jamesrpur...@gmail.com (James Purser) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:38:06 UT

Hi B3rn,

If you're looking for someone knowledgeable on asset management in
council, you can't go past a guy called Wayne Eddy.

He's the guy behind

[link]
--
James Purser
Collaborynth
[link]
Mob: +61 406 576 553
Skype: purserj1977
Twitter: [link]

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

nor...@gmail.com (b3rn) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:22 UT

Thanks!

@ Adam Kennedy, Matt Joyce -
The 'social' (public comments, reports) and 'associated data' (nearest
coffee shop) aspects are probably beyond the scope of the project, but
the data would hopefully provide the foundation for these type of
applications. Having said that, it'd be great to have (potentially)

OpenAustralia BoF at the Sydney Linux Users Group

hen...@openaustralia.org (Henare Degan) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:43 UT

Hi OpenAustralians,
Phew - what an amazing weekend we had at the hackfest in Sydney a
fortnight ago! Well, we're not stopping now - in a couple of weeks
from now, on *Friday the 27 of November*, the Sydney Linux User Group
(SLUG)[0] is having its monthly meetup and they've graciously accepted
our submission for a Birds of a Feather[1] session for OpenAustralia.

New API Examples

henare.de...@gmail.com (Henare Degan) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:37:09 UT

Hi all,
I got so excited when I saw one of the MashupAustralia entries using
the API that I created a ticket to update the examples:
[link]
If anyone sees any more examples coming from the contest (or elsewhere
for that matter), please add them as a comment to the ticket.

Fwd: civic ... culture

henare.de...@gmail.com (Henare Degan) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:31:52 UT

Hi OpenAustralians,
Kat sent this through and I thought the list might be interested.
Cheers,
Henare
---------- Forwarded message ----------
To:
was reminded on twitter about this:
[link]
- the franchise (who is entitled to vote in Australia);
- voting systems for the House of Representatives and the Senate;

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

yara...@gmail.com (Yuval Ararat) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:20:02 UT

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Activity Equipment Age Range?
Number of swings, how many with bucket seat for toddlers?
Number of benches/seats within enclosure? [y] Tables.

These should come from other data sources and not the one described,unless
the coffee shop is a part of the park.

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

matt.jo...@gmail.com (Matt Joyce) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:10:49 UT

Agreed.
For Parks, consider the following...

Activity Equipment?
Activity Equipment Age Range?
Activity Equipment is enclosed or open?
Width of gate?
Sun Shade?
Number of swings with bucket seat for toddlers?
Number of benches/seats within enclosure?
Surface material; rubberised, bark chippings, other

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

henare.de...@gmail.com (Henare Degan) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:38:03 UT

Hear, hear
On Nov 10, 2009 8:33 PM, "Jeffery Candiloro" <jeff...@astraaustralis.com.au >
wrote:
G'Day,
As useful as the data is, a license to use it is even more important.
Cheers
Jeffery
find a streetview near...

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

jeff...@astraaustralis.com.au (Jeffery Candiloro) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:32:39 UT

G'Day,

As useful as the data is, a license to use it is even more important.

Cheers

Jeffery

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

a...@ali.as (Adam Kennedy) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:45:09 UT

For anything near a street, it would be fairly easy to find a streetview nearby.

That said, perhaps the council can add in a recommended street view link?

Adam K

Re: data sets of local facilities: what do you want?

yara...@gmail.com (Yuval Ararat) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:18:23 UT

Can you elaborate a bit about the facilities? as a parent i want to know if
my kid has something to do in a location like a playground.
May be put facilities by age groups.
Will you be supplying binary data as well like images and videos?
y.

Re: Database of Australian Federal/State/Territory Politicians

a...@ali.as (Adam Kennedy) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:11:58 UT

A few more notes on the current data set, while I have them in my head.

Your seem to list people by CURRENT official title, but with Electorate
keyed off the FUTURE election.

It's difficult to work with something like this, I'm finding.

I really need to know...

1. Electorate names based on most recent past election (i.e. active

Re: Database of Australian Federal/State/Territory Politicians

andrew.pe...@legalconsult.com.au (Andrew Perry) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:34:46 UT

Thanks Adam

We will merge them back as suggested.

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Re: Database of Australian Federal/State/Territory Politicians

a...@ali.as (Adam Kennedy) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:25:26 UT

I have completed the geo2gov upgrade from Jeff's older member database to
your newer one.

In the process I've found a ton of bugs in the data and fixed them. Spelling
electorates wrong is bad :)

I've attached a revised CVS file with all my fixes applied, please feel free
to merge them back up to your list.