Guardian Top 100 Sites - selection

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

I selected from the top 100 that I thought were relevant - check out the full list here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/18/internet-websites

Government/public services/politics

Streetwire streetwire.org hyperlocal information including planning alerts, crime and public safety, traffic, local news and postings to FixMyStreet.com.

Recycle Now recyclenow.com winner of the Show Us A Better Way competition.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute bailii.org a database of laws. Only survives hand-to-mouth on voluntary donations; where's yours?

What Do They Know? whatdotheyknow.com makes filing a Freedom Of Information request as easy as sending an email. Too easy, some in power think.

Upmystreet upmystreet.com all the detail on your area you could ever want.

Maps

Noise pollution map noisemapping.defra.gov.uk how noisy is it in the area around your house? 

Reference

Wikileaks wikileaks.org anonymous source of leaked documents.

Visualisation

DabbleDB dabbledb.com create online databases and analyse them.

Google Visualisation tools code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery.html dozens of tools for making data more comprehensible.

Many Eyes manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Visualization_Options.html IBM's visualisation tools, similar to Google's.

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Tracey P. Lauriault
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