Posted by
Elli MacDonald on
Feb 16, 2007; 4:01pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/front-de-liberation-de-codes-postal-tp884p903.html
Hi folks,
I have been following (trying to follow :-))your discussions, which have
been very educational for me. I'm a bit of a newbie in this area and am
looking for some advice if possible.
I work for an environmental not-for-profit organisation on a community-based
GIS project. The Enviroplace website provides data and discussions on a
range of environmental topics, for the purpose of educating communities on
the state of their local environment and to share environmental data with
local communities. We want the site to be an example of how public data
should be freely available and presented in a way, which allows local
communities to be empowered to become involved in the environment around
them and the decisions being made on their behalf.
To make a long story short! We have a mapping application that was developed
for us by a consultant a few years ago, based on open source software, which
allows the users to explore a large variety of different environmental,
standardized, data sets (government, industry, conservation authorities,
local health units, etc). The site has so far been successful, however, the
site is a pilot and we would like to develop it further. Open source
capability has obviously improved considerably since our application was
developed, so we would like to work with someone to improve the present
application or, if necessary, start afresh and develop a new open source
application. Either way I was hoping you may be able to able to give me
some ideas or advise me on someone who would be interested in helping us.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Elli
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Sent: February 9, 2007 10:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] front de liberation de codes postal
Excellent!
For myself and others who are just learning how these things all come
together i hope we can all leave a few breadcrumbs on the wiki soz we
can find our way around and build on that knowledge later and for other
initiatives.
t
Hugh McGuire wrote:
> of course it's a civicaccess action ;-) !
>
> actually thinking about this... and this is how I envision
> CivicAccess progressing... as a central place where the spokes of
> many different projects all join with a shared belief in free data
> access. but we really need the projects (some exist already, eg:
> howdtheyvote.ca, openpolitics.ca, netizen-news.ca etc; some could be
> new initiatives of/inspired by civicaccess ... or just related to the
> mission).
>
> h.
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:
>
>
>> I think this is a great idea and I would really like it if could be
>> considered as as CivicAccess or COACID action.
>>
>> For those who might be able to get something like this off the ground.
>> There is tons of great information here:
>>
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/CensusAction>>
>> It was an activity primarily aimed at the CENSUS however some of the
>> documentation can be used for the Free the Postal Code Data as well
>> and
>> there was some good discussion.
>>
>> I created a spot for people to collaborate here:
>>
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/Actions, I did not know how you wanted to
>> call it or what the tagline should so edit away.
>>
>>
>> Hugh McGuire wrote:
>>
>>> I suggest in addition to data cracking/hacking work, we consider
>>> writing an open letter to the government agencies & ministers,
>>> opposition MPs, and journalists, and try to put some pressure on. And
>>> get an online petition going (I don't think they do much, but they
>>> give something for bloggers to link to). This should be accompanied
>>> by a concerted attempt to get specific organizations to support the
>>> project (NGOs & universities, but also, say, the Bloc, the NDP, maybe
>>> even the now-oppositional Liberals).
>>>
>>> perhaps a url? FLCP.ca ... Front de Liberation Code Postal ... it's
>>> available! ;).
>>>
>>> Again, this "tiny" little data project demonstrates so clearly the
>>> dunderheadedness of Canada's govt data policies, in a way that many
>>> people could understand.
>>>
>>>
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