Government innovation + open data:

The task at hand is to hack something useful and creative together that leverages the open datasets below. To stand out, be sure to couple the dataset(s) information with a creative way of using it in a social or interactive way.

For example, coupling the beach location dataset with the ability to invite your friends from twitter = quick and fun beach party planner.

Get creative and have fun. Goodluck to all!

Outdoor fun

Datasets that contain the locations of various outdoor points of interest.

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/skateboard-parks

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/sports-fields

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/basketball-courts

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/sledding-hills

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/ball-diamonds

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/volleyball-courts

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/outdoor-rinks

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/tennis-courts

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/parks

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/parking-city-parks

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/outdoor-pools

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/play-structures-and-areas

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/beaches

http://data.ottawa.ca/en/dataset/beach-water-sampling-data

Transportation

Datasets that contain public transport scheduling information and traffic data

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/oc-transpo-schedules

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/oc-transpo-live-next-bus-arrival-data-feed

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/traffic-data

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/traffic-web-cam-images

Food
A listing of the successful applicants to the City’s new Street Food Vending program.

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/street-food-vendors

Health and community
Various datasets revolving around health and the community.

http://data.ottawa.ca/en/dataset/public-access-defibrillators

http://data.ottawa.ca/en/dataset/needle-drop-boxes-and-take-it-back-pharmacies

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/recreation-guides

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/doors-open-building-participants

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/murals-paint-it-up-city-locations

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/grit-box-locations

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/garbage-and-recycling-schedules

http://data.ottawa.ca/dataset/spotlight-ottawa-gatineau-events-calendar

Hackathons are opportunities to apply the skills you learn in class, from your job, or side hobby. They are awesome events to connect with like-minded students and gain hands on experience in something challenging, fun, and new as you are building a prototype or designing a markup for an app/website within a certain amount of time.

• Ottawa is a government town. In the last few years, all three levels of government (municipal, provincial, federal) have been delving into open data hackathons and the city is gaining momentum in this space (CODE, apps4Ottawa)
• We want to build up Algonquin College’s involvement in the hackathon space, and so we are ending the year with our inagural hackathon revolving around Government Innovation!

A curated list of datasets will be made available to you at the start time. They are open-data sets provided by various levels of government and will provide you the opportunity to get creative and utilise the data to hack together something awesome.

Register your teams by clicking on "Register for this Hackathon"

• ORIGINALITY
  Does it do something entirely novel, is the project new and something that is fresh and creative?
• DESIGN
  Is it well designed? was there considerable thought put into it?
• PRESENTATION
  Is the project well communicated? Was the story of its importance/usefulness communicated in an effective way?
• TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY
  Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? (only applied to technical submissions)
• POLISH
  Polish is about that extra glossy coat of perfection. Does this submission have things that make it shine?