Support for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Data Mashup
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Sponsored by:
the LINZ Data Service
$2000 will be awarded to the application that best supports the Canterbury earthquake recovery. This could relate to specific parts of the recovery including community well-being, culture and heritage, the built environment, the natural environment, and economic recovery, or any mix of these.
We also have a special prize pool for the best entries from New Zealand Primary and Secondary students.
If you are new to mashing up data you can get great advice and guidance from our Newbie's guide to mashing up data sponsored by the Charities Commission.
Things you need to know:
- You must use at least one piece of New Zealand central or local government data.
- You must have the rights and permission to use all data and content in your entry.
- You need to provide the details of all content and data that you use when you submit your entry.
- Please make sure you read and understand the full competition rules.
Ideas and data to inspire you:
Within the theme and competition rules, you have plenty of scope for creativity. Here are some ideas for data mashups and available data to help you get started. You don’t have to use these! These are just examples to inspire your thinking:
Inspirational ideas from LINZ
What about an application that combines data from the LINZ Data Service, Canterbury recovery data from the New Zealand Geospatial Data Catalogue and/or GNS science earthquake data. The application could also mash up Land check zones data and Christchurch Post-Earthquake Aerial Photos.
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery related data
As well as the LINZ Data Service* and the New Zealand Geospatial Data Catalogue you might also want to to check out:
Statistics New Zealand Earthquake information portal
Statistics NZ’s Earthquake information portal catalogues statistical data and reports designed to inform agencies responding to the Canterbury earthquakes. It provides links to reports and data from Statistics New Zealand and from other government and non-government agencies and organisations. You will need to check the license and usage rights with the respective organisations before you use data.
You can use the Charities Register open data to find out what registered charities provide services in the area of disaster relief, what financial and human resources they have, and where they operate.
See also our special Canterbury Earthquake sources for more related content.
* More about the LINZ Data Service
The LINZ Data Service provides free, web-based access to LINZ datasets, which comply with the range of open access standards associated with the developing New Zealand Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). The service provides access to complete layers of topographical map data, hydrographic electronic chart data, and a selection of geodetic, electoral, survey and titles data from Landonline. Example layers are:
See our Data Sources page for more information about data you can use.
You can see more data mashup ideas on Squiz’s Mix and Mash Share an Idea tool.