Show Us a Better Way
The Government has released Gigabytes of new or previously invisible public information in a bid to get people creating exciting new applications to help translate this data to the public.
There's Neighbourhood statistics, Health care information, all the schools in England and Wales, Notices from the London Gazette, Transport information and much much more. The Power of Information Taskforce are running a competition for the best idea and the prize is £20,000 to further develop their idea.
One thing im particularly interested in is creating a mashup by plotting every bus stop and bus route in the UK on a google map and then animating the buses in real time using their GPS data so you can visually see exactly where your bus is - it'd be great for mobile devices and save a lot of waiting around at bus stops!
Check out their site: http://www.showusabetterway.co.uk
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I think its an excellent idea, particularly the idea of knowing exactly where your bus is! The amount of time I’ve wasted just waiting for buses, its so annoying especially during the evening, so it would be incredibly useful to know where exactly the bus is and make a decision based upon it.