By Rachel Bloom Rachel Bloom is a McGill University undergraduate student and project lead for Geothink’s Open Data Standards Project. In February, I led a Geothink seminar with city officials to introduce the results of our open data standards project we began approximately one year earlier. The project was started with the objective of assisting municipal publishers of open data … Read More
Four Geothink Partner Cities Named to Top 10 on First Ever Canada Open Cities Index
By Drew Bush Numerous city, state, and provincial governments across North America are finding new ways to share government data online. With more than 60 nations now part of the Open Government Partnership, it’s often difficult to determine which initiatives are simply part of a growing fad instead of being true attempts at more responsive and accountable government. In the … Read More
RECODE Open Data Youth Leader – My View on A Week of Open Data Events
By Suthee Sangiambut This article contains personal reflections from Geothink’s Newsletter Editor and Student Coordinator, Suthee Sangiambut. This year’s Canada Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference confirmed that open data and open government are quickly becoming mainstream topics for all sorts of disciplines and subject areas. I consider myself part of the open data community, due to my masters … Read More
Torts of the Geoweb: (or the liability question) Part I
By Tenille Brown, PhD student in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa Recently, on March 3rd as part of the continuing Geothink Project, I hosted a Twitter chat about tort liability with Mapping Mashups. This online forum was joined by Geothink partners and friends and the primary topic discussed was the role of tort law and how … Read More
Geothink 2nd Annual General Meeting – Ottawa, ON, Canada – 2014
Geothink is happy to announce it’s second annual general meeting (AGM) June 11-13th being hosted at the University of Ottawa. Agenda for 2nd Annual General Meeting June 11 – 13, 2014 (Ottawa, Canada) Position papers related to talks available on Geothink.ca. —– Wednesday, 11 June 2014 19h00Get together for a drink/dinner at The Black Tomato (drinks sponsored by IBM) (near … Read More