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Early Results: International Open Data Day 2013 – Government Data Hackers Rule!

February 27, 2013 /

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Hackathons are all the rage these days. And how could they not be? When cities host the events, they invite computer programmers and software developers to use their open data to work together and create new applications and visualizations around that data.

Iin 2012, for instance, more than 200 data scientists from more than 10 cities around the world spent 24 hours in London designing solutions to help improve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air Quality Index. Over the years, Denver, Colo., Joplin, Mo., New York City and Reno, Nev., to name just a few, have hosted such events.

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Early-Results-International-Open-Data-Day-2013.html

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