_2011-12-05

Maps and apps for Open Data...

Yes, we can!

The German Ministry of the Interior recently launched the nationwide competition "Apps 4 Deutschland". This competition seeks ideas and operational software to unfold the use of open data provided by public authorities. It aims to showcase the value of public sector information and to leverage the discussion on open data in Germany.

Various members of the Geonetzwerk Münsterland - a regional network of local authorities and partners from academia and IT industry, all dealing with spatial information - decided to take up this idea and to push the development by organizing the "Apps4DE Hackday Münster".

Apps4DE Hackday Münster

In a nutshell: 1 Day, Open Data, Focus on Spatial Data, Ideas, Applications, Discussions, Programming, 60-80 Participants

Expected results: Innovative apps based on open data, submissions for Apps4DE

When: Monday, 12 December 2011, 9am to 6pm (open end)

Where: Institute für Geoinformatics, Münster University, Weseler Straße 253,48151 Münster, 6th Floor

Who: Software engineers, professionals, students, people from public authorities, web designers, journalists, all those who are significantly willing and able to contribute

Registration:

• Online via the Website: http://www.geonetzwerk-muensterland.de/veranstaltungen/2011/12/apps4de-hackday-munster/
• Individually / by mail: Geonetzwerk Münsterland, Holger Michels, Phone: 0251 980-1109, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

More information about the Apps4DE Hackday in Münster, as well as the complete program can be downloaded here:
English or German.

Information about further Hackdays on Open Data in Germany and worldwide can be found at http://okfn.de/projekte/open-data-hackdays.

_{Apps4DE Hackday Münster is organized by}

• _52°North
• _{Institute for Geoinformatics}
• _{Geonetzwerk Münsterland}
• _{esri Deutschland}
• _{con terra}
• _{Open Knowledge Foundation}