App contest putting open data on the agenda
OTTAWA - The city is calling on tech-savvy residents to compete for cash – and bragging rights – for the most useful mobile application, or “app” that uses the city’s data.
From finding fun Saturday-morning activities for children to locating the best dog parks in the city, the applications that will be developed during the contest will bolster resident’s ability to use the city’s new “open data” policy.
These developers are taking sets of digital information about the city and spinning them into handy tools for people to use on their cell phone and computers and entering them online as part of the Apps 4 Ottawa contest (www.apps4ottawa.ca).
