I've been following with great interest the number of cities partaking in open data initiatives. With the online announcement yesterday of a motion going before Calgary's City Council, things are again on the move. So what is the count at now? This little table tries to capture who's done what so far. If I'm missing something please do let me know - I will try to update this from time to time.
|
City |
Date of initial activity |
Action |
Note |
Website |
| Washington, DC | October 12th, 2008 | Created a data portal on city website and launched apps for democracy | Action was taken by the CIO, no city motion passed. Currently launching a second apps for democracy contest. | http://data.octo.dc.gov/ |
| Toronto, ON | April 7th, 2009 | Announces intention of creating open data website | Mayor David Miller announces Toronto will create an open data website by fall of 2009 at Mesh 09 conference | N/A |
| Vancouver, BC | May 21st, 2009 | Vancouver City Council Passes the Open Motion | Open Data website is in the works, release date unknown. | N/A |
| San Francisco, CA | June 16th, 2009 | City of SF posts a craigslist request looking for developers to help create a data.gov like site for the city | No motion passed, there is an OpenSF blog where current activities and ideas are shared. | N/A |
| Nanaimo, BC | June 22nd, 2009 | City launches an open data website | No motion passed | http://www.nanaimo.ca/datafeeds/ |
| New York City, NY | June 25th, 2009 | A bill is being circulated by Council Member Gale Brewer | Has announced a "Big Apps" competition for apps that use 80 soon to be released city data sets. | N/A |
| Calgary, AB | July 27th, 2009 | City of Calgary tables an Open Motion to be debated | N/A | N/A |
| Ottawa, ON | I’ve heard there is movement in Ottawa, have not found any information |
Comments 5
Does what Edmonton plans to do count as becoming an Open City? They plan to 'divorce Microsoft' and invest in open source instead.
http://www.itnewscanada.ca/index.php?page=shop….
Posted 22 Jul 2009 at 5:53 pm ¶Brendan – the list has more to do with open data than open source. I'm an open source fan and one could still have a city run on open source software that remains completely closed in terms of data and access. That said I'm happy to add Edmonton to the list if a concrete project is in place (the title make this look more like a musing than an announcement… no?)
Posted 22 Jul 2009 at 6:29 pm ¶Fair enough. I guess I was just a little fuzzy on the definition of what an Open City is.
Posted 22 Jul 2009 at 8:01 pm ¶Great post, David. NYC is far down this path and has announced the NYC Big Apps competition to kickoff this fall:
http://nyfi.observer.com/politics/208/pdf-bloom...
Posted 23 Jul 2009 at 1:49 am ¶Thank you Peter! I've updated the chart. If anyone else has updates please do leave a comment and/or send me and email.
Posted 23 Jul 2009 at 4:15 pm ¶Trackbacks & Pingbacks 4
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