Be a Part of Open Data Windsor Essex

October 20, 2015

by admin in Events, Maptime, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Volunteer Op, Windsor Essex Open Data

Tuesday, September 29th, Hackforge launched the Open Data Windsor-Essex community open data portal with the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Visit and explore the portal at ODWE.ca.

Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone. Governments of all levels have embraced open data in recent years to further transparency and accountability. Open Data Windsor Essex is introducing community open data through its new portal featuring data by the community, for the community.

We are inviting the community to take part in the portal.

Community Organizations:
Do you have data to share? We are looking for relevant community data that can be made publicly available (no sensitive or personal data). We can take archival data, on-going projects, or help in the development of future initiatives. Raw data is best, but we can work with data at any stage. Be ready for others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially!

SUBMIT YOUR DATA PROJECT HERE.

Developers:
We invite programmers to help the community data initiative by taking on an Open Data Windsor Essex dataset project, assist in the development of the ODWE Portal, report errors or problems, and use the data in their own work. If you are interested in helping as a developer, contact info@hackf.org.

Community Members:
We encourage the community to get involved in open data! Use the data in research, advocacy, education, journalism. Take part in hackathons. Support open data projects and keep Open Data in mind while creating.

See more about the ODWE Launch below:

The launch brought together community partners who have made their raw data sets available through the portal, including Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal, Pathway to Potential, and Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. Detroit speaker Alex B. Hill gave his talk, “Giving Data Empathy.” Detroit has big numbers, big data, and big problems. “Open data is a critical movement that is a must-have for anyone who hopes to impact people’s lives with data,” says Hill, “the next step of that movement is to join data with empathy for people-centered innovation.”

Mita Williams, ODWE Lead; Sarah Morris, Hackforge Managing Director

T.J. Auer, Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal Community Planner; Laura Tucker, Pathway to Potential Marketing and Community Engagement Manager, Adam Vasey, Director of Pathway to Potential; Mita Williams, Open Data Windsor Essex Lead; Sarah Morris, Managing Director of Hackforge

T.J. Auer, Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal Community Planner; Laura Tucker, Pathway to Potential Marketing and Community Engagement Manager, Alex B. Hill, DETROITography; Mita Williams, Open Data Windsor Essex Lead; Sarah Morris, Managing Director of Hackforge

Alex B. Hill, DETROITography; Mita Williams, Open Data Windsor Essex Lead; Sarah Morris, Managing Director of Hackforge

Joshua Long, Data Driven Detroit; Alex B. Hill, DETROITography