“Open Data Zürich” Hacknights 2013
- Hackathon
15 October–12 November 2013 @ Colab Zürich, Zentralstrasse 37, 8003 Zürich
Organised by Opendata.ch, Statistik Stadt Zürich
Projects
- Zwürmli
The city’s tree register as a tree-info map and as a smartphone game about a woodworm that feeds on Zurich’s trees.
- Kein Stress mit den Pollen
Heat map of pollen exposure from the tree register, so that people with allergies can plan outdoor activities.
- Brancheninformationen Zürich
Animated map of the distribution of industries in Zurich from commercial register data – “company migration” over eighty years.
- Familienfreundliches Zürich
Map of Zurich’s most family-friendly places from distances to kindergarten, school, playground, childcare and shops.
- Crowdpee
Location-based crowdsourcing via a Twitter bot that asks people nearby for details on (unisex, accessible, baby-changing) toilets.
- Denkmalführer Zürich
Mobile app “DenkMap” showing nearby listed monuments of the canton with descriptions and photos – winning project of the hacknights.
- Bevölkerungsbestände Stadt Zürich
Interactive d3 visualisation of the population by year, district and age, 1993–2012.
- Züri für das Leben
Map of retirement and nursing homes on top of noise data, as a tool for planning old age.
- OpenTripPlanner for Zurich
OpenTripPlanner instance for Zurich showing how far one gets by public transport and on foot within a given time.
- Zürich Mood Index
Interactive visualisation, student project of the ZHdK Interaction Design major (3rd semester).
- Von und Zu Zürich
Interactive visualisation, student project of the ZHdK Interaction Design major (3rd semester).
- Wasteland
Visualisation that virtually dumps all of Zurich’s waste onto its streets; ZHdK student project.
- ZüriCrime
Interactive visualisation of Zurich’s crime statistics by offence; ZHdK student project, an audience favourite.
- Induo
Interactive visualisation, student project of the ZHdK Interaction Design major (3rd semester).
- Einkommensklassen Gemeinden Kt. ZH
Visualisation of income brackets in the municipalities of the Canton of Zurich over ten years.
- Wohnungssuche nach Wunschkriterien
Programme
Tuesday, 15 October
- 18:00–18:10
- 18:10–18:15
- 18:15–18:20
- 18:20–18:25
Data: Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich
Marc-Aurel BattagliaKanton Zürich - 18:25–18:30
- 18:30–18:35
- 18:35–18:40
- 18:40–18:45
- 18:45–18:50
- 18:50–19:00
Slots for further ideas
- 19:00–19:05
- 19:05–19:50
Group work with method 6-3-5 (those with an idea start hacking)
- 19:50–20:00
Presentation of the ideas teams can form around
- 20:00–22:50
Team building and hacking
- 22:50–23:00
End of the first hacknight, outlook to 29 October
Tuesday, 29 October
- 18:00–23:00
Second hacknight: keep on hacking
Tuesday, 12 November
- 17:00–17:15
Welcome by the Open Data Zürich team
- 17:15–18:30
Presentation of the results (10 minutes per team)
- 18:30–18:45
Audience award vote
- 18:45–19:00
Award ceremony and closing words
Simone NuberDirektorin Statistik Stadt Zürich
Read the original announcement
Between mid-October and mid-November, more precisely on 15 and 29 October and on 12 November 2013, the “Open Data Zürich” Hacknights 2013 will take place. The theme is “Finding the right location” and the challenge is: what is the best location for my project?
The first two Hacknights, on the evenings of 15 and 29 October, take place at Colab Zürich, and the third evening on 12 November in the music hall of the Stadthaus Zürich. The Hacknights are organised by “Open Data Zürich”, which is part of Statistik Stadt Zürich and is responsible for implementing OGD within the City of Zurich. The association Opendata.ch and the start-up mingle.io support the OGD Hacknights with communication and open tools.
Finding the right location is the main theme of the evenings. Besides the exchange between the community and the authorities, the aim is insightful visualisations, innovative combinations and useful applications. The events of the make.opendata.ch hackathon series have shown what is possible with government data that is already openly available today. Since launching its OGD portal fourteen months ago, the City of Zurich has continuously, with great enthusiasm and persistence, published further OGD. Let’s acknowledge this commitment and use the data for innovative applications and exciting visualisations!
The challenge
Under the main theme “Finding the right location” and with the key question “What is the best location for my project?”, the challenge for the Hacknights is as follows: solutions are to be developed that can answer this geodata-based question for any topic. The solution should help people make location decisions intuitively. The data catalogue of Open Data Zürich already makes a lot of data available that can be used freely.
Programme of the 1st Hacknight on 15 October
All information about the challenge can be found in our wiki. The programme of the 1st Hacknight is as follows: data, ideas, tools and speakers.
Register now!
Designers, software developers and especially people with ideas can register for the Hacknights!
Contact for all questions:
Open Data Zürich, Statistik Stadt Zürich
Email: data@zuerich.ch
Tel. +41 44 412 08 80
Twitter: @OpenDataZurich
