There will be an Open Data Jam (#ODJAM2014) in Hamilton on November 21-23, 2014. This is an opportunity for community leaders and developers to collaborate on applications that can showcase Hamilton as a beacon of Open Data and software development.
What is open data? Why is it important to the average person? What can we do with this information?
Open Data is part of the Open Government mandate. Open Government is a multi-country initiative to increase transparency for citizens into the actions of their government. This includes access to departmental budget and spending information, public policy-making, access to information (statistics) that each government department has obtained, open access to government sponsored research, and, in some countries, access to expenses of elected officials. Also a part of open government is a movement to incre