<div dir="ltr"><div>Found on the spacecraft email list and thought it might be of interest to some people here.<br><br></div>~Kerry<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br>source:<font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif">
<a href="http://openhackchristchurch.splashthat.com/" target="_blank">http://openhackchristchurch.splashthat.com/</a></font><br>
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<h1>Calling all hackers, developers and thinkers </h1>
<p>Tired of not knowing what roads are open or closed and
whether your route home is chocka-block with traffic? Come and
play with some of the latest traveller information data
released by the Recovery Agencies and build a journey planner
to help you and your fellow citizens out. OpenHack
Christchurch is a collaborative event that requires backend,
frontend and mobile developers to work together to build a
journey planning application for Christchurch that integrates
the following data: <br></p><ul><li><i>Directional Road Closures/Restrictions</i></li><li><i>Traffic Congestion and Flow Data</i></li></ul><p><b>Technical Activities</b></p><p>The event is built around a number of key activities that
participants can work on throughout the day:</p><ul><li>Take an XML datafeed and wrap a RESTful API around it and
expose it with suitable end-points.</li><li>Deploy a routing service using Open Street Map/other and
integrate directional road closures and traffic congestion
data so that web/mobile apps can request the best route to
get from Point A to Point B.</li><li>Work with/provide feedback on ECAN's routing service</li><li>Develop a prototype journey planning application that
makes it easy for road-users to avoid road closures and
congestion.</li></ul><p>Due to the interdependent nature of some of the above
activities, a degree of coordination will be required between
groups. Organisers/participants will play a coordination role
to bring everything together throughout the course of the day.</p><p><b>Event Format</b></p><p><b>9am - Kickoff and Technical Overview</b></p><p><b>9.30am - Development Begins</b></p>
<p><b>12.30pm - Lunch</b></p>
<p><b>5pm - Pitch-time and De-brief</b></p><p>Throughout we will be sharing updates on how each group of
developers is progressing and what help is needed.</p><p>Food and drink will be provided throughout the day.</p><p><b>Experts On Hand</b></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.5em">CCC
Developers - Tweak API during the event</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.5em">Transportation
Experts</span></li></ul><p><b>Resources</b></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.5em">RESTful
Traffic Restriction/Closures API</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.5em">ECAN
ESRI Routing API</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.5em">Examples/Documentations
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