Code Across Austin IV / Geospatial Jam, Sat, Feb 22
Date: Sat, Feb 22, 2014
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: University Hills Branch Library, 4721 Loyola Ln, Austin, TX 78723 (map)
The event is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required: register here
From crime incidents to restaurant inspections, the most interesting and highest value open government data often has a geospatial component: a place, a district, a boundary, or the like.
The "Code Across Austin IV/Geospatial Jam" is a one-day workshop for the community to learn about location-rich data and tools. It is intended for everybody from programmers to spreadsheet jockeys to neighborhood advocates. We will focus on tools and technology for manipulating civic datasets that contain location information.
The event is free and open to the public. It is conducted as part of the national "Code Across America" weekend, sponsored by Code for America. This will be fourth time Austin has participated in a national "Code Across" event.
Presenters:
- Marben Cayatano, City of Austin
- Mateo Clark, Open Austin
- Maya Coleman, City of Austin
- Chris McConnell, UT Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute
- Ryan Murphy, Texas Tribune
- Chip Rosenthal, Open Austin
- Sara Safavi, Austin Open Source GIS Meetup
- James Seppi, Texas Natural Resource Information System
- Kelly Strickler, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Sessions:
- Introduction to Geospatial Data
- Government Datasets Online
- Data Crunching and Conversion
- Use Case: Data Visualization and Reporting with Google Fusion Tables
- Use Case: Creating and Styling Maps with Mapbox and TileMill
- Developer Tools for Database and Mapping
