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Re: MP list - now in CSV

Posted by Judyth Mermelstein on Mar 19, 2007; 10:18pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/MP-list-now-in-CSV-tp944p951.html

Dear Daniel,

Thank you very much for doing this, and I hope you will solve the lookup by postal code problem for us, too.

It would be lovely if you could manage to do the same for provincial legislators. I don't know what else to suggest at the moment but I dare say you'll have requests from others.

Meanwhile, I'd like to ask you how widely you want those URLs spread around. If I forwarded your message as-is to all my activist friends, the traffic might well crash your server.

>From your e-mail address and your understanding employer, I'm guessing you work for Chebucto's community network. Am I right? If so, please pass my compliments along to your workmates, too!

Regards,

Judyth

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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:31:24 -0400
>From: "Daniel Haran" <[hidden email]>
>Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] MP list - now in CSV
>
>Hi folks,
>
>The list of MPs retrieved from the government's website has now been
>cleaned up, and made available in CSV format (for databases and
>spreadsheets) It is available here:
>http://lokobo.com:3000/mps
>http://lokobo.com:3000/mps.csv
>
>The data is in the public domain, as is the source code for retrieving
>and displaying it on the web. The software is available through
>http://rubyforge.org/scm/?group_id=3225 (technical information in
>README).
>
>Now that I'm started, is there any other similar information anyone needs? :)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Daniel.


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