On Saturday, we are co-organizing a hackathon at the Martin Luther King Jr Library in Washington DC, pertaining to open data and anything wiki-data related.
I have a bunch of ideas, like maybe finding a way to update US census data to 2010 data. We welcome additional project ideas.
If you are in the greater DC region or otherwise can come, we welcome you to join us.
Folks from the Sunlight Foundation, Code for America, DC OCTO (DC gov) and other cool hackers will be there and I hope you will too!
http://opendatahackdc.eventbrite.com/
Cheers, Katie
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From: Aude aude.wiki@gmail.com Date: November 30, 2011 8:18:10 AM EST To: wikimedia-dc@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: International Open Data Hack Day
On Saturday, Dec 3 at the MLK Jr Library, there will be a hackathon with focus on open data, including anything related to wiki data.
http://opendatahackdc.eventbrite.com/
Some wiki-related ideas could include:
- working on a way to get the 2000 census data, in so many articles,
updated
- making use of data sources like data.worldbank.org or from the
federal government (e.g. BLS) to make maps, populate infoboxes, etc.
- working with the National Register of Historic Places data,
possibly in preparation for doing more Wikis Take DC / Baltimore events or Wiki Loves Monuments here
- working with the Smithsonian Art Inventories data - http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/
for WikiProject Public Art
- importing DC GIS data (more buildings) into OpenStreetMap -- no
technical skills required
- do you have any additional suggestions?
Not all projects need to be wiki-related or uber-technical, though we also need skilled hackers and designers on Saturday.
Cheers, Katie