The result of the hackathon we organised for the Flemish government with OKFN Belgium.

1. The other side
OKFN Belgium
Pieter Colpaert
@pietercolpaert

2. OKFN Belgium
A local chapter

3. Apps For ...
Flemish cities
Flemish services
Flemish people

4. For Flanders
Kick-off: Random Hacks of Kindness
Today: launch
iRail Summer of code (summerofcode.be)
September: student hackathon

5. Using the data
Quality at this moment: low

6. Three more things

7. 1. Open is open
Having to run through a 2 week request
procedure is not open data
Direct access through URL, no restrictions

8. 2. The others

9. 3. Invest in the iceberg
open data portal
your website
your
organisation's
data
Warning: severely simplified

10. Thanks
Pieter Colpaert
@pietercolpaert

11. Jury chose 3 apps
which work with currently
released data
Price 1: fully functional
Price 2&3: best concepts

12. 1. Open Air Quality API
● What's the air quality at my current location ?
○ Mobile app
● Alert me of bad air quality !
○ Prototype: http://mijnlucht.be/alerts
● Average air quality in my neighborhood ?
○ House search mashup
● Data mining and visualisation
○ Air quality vs deaths vs time
Team:
Use case: mijnlucht.be Bart Hanssens
Bart Van Herreweghe
Claes Buckwalter

13. City Battle What is the best
place to live in
Belgium? Based on
User Preferences
Data sets : Singles, Divorces, Family sizes, Crime Team:
Miel Vander Sande
The data is now available through a Web Maarten Cautreels
API data.okfn.be/RHoK Paul Thyskens
Joris Bijnens

14. 3. Multiplatform Geoapps
Team:
Lieven Verheust
Marc Deleu
Donald Carchon
Luk Verhoeven

15. Credits
● odalaigh on flickr
● dmcl on flickr
● SOS Piet at VTM - stew.be