Monday to Friday, at about 8:30 EST, I get an email from Statistics Canada. Every day, they release new data that I can map, every day I take a look at the email to see what I can make, however specific or not. And that’s where I stop. I tend to mark it if I [...]
The Importance of Open Data and Accountability
May 11th, 2011
I believe in releasing data. I believe that governments and agencies paid for by government money should release data that can help people. We paid for the data, and if the data can help us make smarter, better informed decisions, then we should be able to see it. We should be able to access it, [...]
Technical Manual to Making Hearts!
Feb 8th, 2011
Guest post by Christy! Inspired by Gretchen Peterson’s Valentine’s Day stickers, I started on an adventure to create pink heat-shaped maps using FOSS programs. Using Quantum GIS and Inkskape, I created SVG images that are easy to manipulate and export to raster images. 1. Need some data Natural Earth has small scale data available for [...]
Open Data Sources
Oct 7th, 2010
A few weeks ago, I got convinced, pretty easily I must admit, to be the Co-Chair of the OSGeo Ottawa Chapter. Apparently this doesn’t require me to do a lot of work, but it still scares the hell out of me. I can talk, a lot, but I generally don’t tend to lead a group [...]
Open Data and Ottawa
May 19th, 2010
So the City of Ottawa has agreed that they would release some of their data to the public, allowing the public to have a better idea of what is in their city and how it operates. Right off the bat, as soon as it was agreed upon, the flip was switched at their site and [...]
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