Seo Master present to you: By Patrick Copeland, Google.org
Cross-posted with the Google.org Blog On June 1st and 2nd, thousands of developers from across the U.S. came together at nearly 100 different locations to participate in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking. Using public data recently released by the government on topics like crime, health and the environment, developers built new applications that help address social challenges. At the Googleplex in Mountain View, we hosted nearly 100 developers, statisticians, data scientists, and designers, who stayed long into the night hacking together prototypes that show how data on health and the environment can be used to enrich lives. Fusion Tables and Google App Engine were used to prototype, and groups relied on BigQuery as a workhorse to crunch the biggest datasets. Participants used Google+ Hangouts to connect with hackathons in other states and collaborated with Google Apps and platforms. Here are a few highlights from the hackathon that stood out as useful, visually stunning, and informative ways to use public data:
Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated! Patrick Copeland is director of engineering at Google.org, where he works to build systems that leverage Google's reach to help people around the world. Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor 2013, By: Seo Master |
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