October 9, 2012
Cases: Apps for Democracy
Published by:
yaso
Tags:
Data Catalog, datasets, democratic control, governmental services, iLive.at, Innovation, Open Data, Open Government Data, Park It DC, public data, Washington DC
The idea was born in 2008, due to DC’s government willing to ensure that both society, governments and businesses could make good use of DC.gov’s Data Catalog (that provides, for example, public information on poverty and crime indicators, in an open format).
Therefore, a competition was created to award the best applications developed based on data from the Catalog. The first contest cost Washington DC U$50,000 and produced 47 iPhone, Facebook and web applications with an estimated value in excess of U$2,600,000 to the city.
The application iLive.at won a gold medal for providing crime, safety and demographic information for those looking for a place in DC.
Another award-winning project was Park It DC, which allows users to check a specific area in the district for parking information.
Learn more about the project and check out the video at:
