Rewired State Norfolk

15 devs. 8 hours. An interested audience. A whole load of datasets, and some brilliant sponsors.

And 8 hacks.

• Where does Norfolk’s money go? (A map of Norfolk council spending) – Sym Roe
• Bin Posse (Reminders of what goes out when by sms) – Rupert Redington
• AV findings (Where voted “Yes”, and what were they like?) – Chris Heath and Katja Mordaunt
• Bridge Headroom (How much space under Potter Heigham bridge?)- Michael Holness
• Words about Norfolk… (What words do Wikipedia link to Norfolk?) – Rob Young
• Festival timeline (The whole festival, displayed to investigate) – Harry Harrold
• Hey Chief! (A humourous look at the value for money of Norfolk Fire Service.) – Peter Chamberlin, Heydon Pickering, Michael Holness
• Kebab Hunter (Augments a phone camera’s eye view of Norwich, with takeaway food safety info.) – Mary Hamilton, Ben Holloway and Isobell Long.

More later.

Thanks to Software East…

We had a last minute idea to put cash behind the bar of our favourite coffee show, The Window cafe, but we’d blown our budget.  So, we were dead chuffed to get a last minute sponsor – Software East. They’re a social network for software professionals in the East of England. They’re covering the coffee tab, and shelling out for food for the devs during the day as well. They hold free events in Cambridge and are looking to sponsor other free events elsewhere in the East.

Mark Dalgarno the fine chap who called pout cry for help, says “Software East is very supportive of grassroots efforts, with a strong practical focus. Rewired State: Norfolk epitomises the type of event we are proud to be associated with and helps in our mission to support software professionals in the East of England.”

Follow @sweast for details of all of their events

So, @portableant saw my tweet about finds.org.uk and let me know about this;

http://historyhackday.pbworks.com/w/page/30289994/Datasets

The links for the The Portable Antiquities Scheme most interested me – but there’s lots of interesting stuff there.

East Anglia Open Data Sources

Norfolk insight

www.norfolkinsight.org.uk/dataviews

Norfolk Insight, previously known as Norfolk Data Observatory, is a resource for exploring key information, data and intelligence about Norfolk and its local communities. At the heart of the website, is the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, an overall analysis of the health and wellbeing needs of the people of Norfolk. The JSNA utilises a wide range of the information included on the website, providing analysis of the information to assist in planning the most appropriate services for the future.

Norfolk County Council

www.norfolk.gov.uk/Council_and_democracy/Open_data

We have published below information about Chief Officers' salaries, Chief Officers' and Members' expenses, and spend with suppliers. Depending on level of interest, take-up, cost and advice from central government, we may publish more information in open format in due course.

Broadland District Council

www.broadland.gov.uk/opendata

Broadland District Council will therefore publish its data on spending and senior salaries regularly in this section.

South Cambridgeshire District Council

scambs.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/OpenData

South Cambridgeshire District Council is committed to making as much of the non-personal data that it holds as possible, freely available to the public and other organisations. The data that is available so far is listed below along with the format in which it is being supplied. Data sets available : Assets [map] , Payments to suppliers [csv] , Senior staff salaries [csv]

Environment Agency – East of England

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/library/data/97839.aspx

… downloadable data tables showing site inputs and capacity at permitted facilities in 2007 and waste management trends. You can access comparative data from other regions or get an overview by comparing the East of England to England and Wales…

National Data Sources

Guardian Data

www.guardian.co.uk/data

Governments around the globe are opening up their data vaults allowing you to check out the numbers for yourself.
Search for government data here from countries, cities and states around the world and we're adding more all the time.

Ordnance Survey open data

www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata

With OS OpenData, you can access a selection of the most detailed mapping datasets available for Great Britain.

data.gov.uk

data.gov.uk

The Government is releasing public data to help people understand how government works and how policies are made. Some of this data is already available, but data.gov.uk brings it together in one searchable website.

Read Write Web Article

www.readwriteweb.com/archives

Blog article that lists sites collating open data sources

Portable Antiquities

finds.org.uk/database

The Scheme's database holds records of artefacts and coins found by the public, whilst pursuing a wide range of activities (the majority from metal detecting). We do not record details of objects found by archaeologists, and these data can be found within the local Historic Environment Office.

World Bank

data.worldbank.org/country/united-kingdom

The World Bank Indicators API lets you programmatically access more than 3,000 indicators and query the data in several ways, using parameters to specify your request. Many data series date back 50 years, and can be used to create interesting applications. Data sets such as the World Development Indicators (with 100 indicators), Africa Development Indicators, and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators are available in several languages.

Couple of pages from the Broads Authority website if folk are thinking that way:

http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating/tide-tables.html

http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating/bridge-heights.html

Norfolk fire service has a page up at:

http://www.norfolkfireservice.gov.uk/uploaded_files/incidents.asp

Which , as the name suggests, records incidents… Might be useful to someone? It’s a shame the whole datafile isn’t available, but maybe something out of this might help?

So, we’re nearly there…

On May the 7th, from 6.30pm for about an hour we’re welcoming guests  to the Octagon Chapel – it’s on Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BN

We’ve some excellent developers, and a brilliant venue for a show-and-tell of what’s possible in a day with Norfolk’s data.

Thanks to Rewired State for inspiration, Adnams for drinks, Software East for developer refreshments during the day, and our sponsors Foolproof and The Stationery Office for most everything else.

We’re really looking forward to it, and to seeing everyone tomorrow.

After the show-and-tell, and a little drink in the garden, we’re going to the wolves at http://nnf11.nnfestival.org.uk/programme/detail/the_wolves

You’re very welcome to join us - If there’s anything else you’d like to know – just ask!