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Alex Sadleir 1 Below is a whole bunch of information to help you prepare hackfest entries. These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/inforgraphics
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3 govhack library
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5 - http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html
6 - android datviz
7 - http://code.google.com/p/afreechart/ http://code.google.com/p/snowdon/ http://code.google.com/p/chartdroid/ http://androidplot.com/ http://code.google.com/p/achartengine/
8 - https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
9 - https://mixpanel.com/education/understanding-the-first-five-minutes
10 - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
11 - http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
12 - http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
13 - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
14 - https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
15 - https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
16 - http://www.opentripplanner.org/apidoc/rest.plan.html
17 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
18 - http://www.slideshare.net/OReillyStrata/visualizing-networks-beyond-the-hairball
19 - http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-554179-622011.html SNA tools catalog
20 - https://github.com/jacomyal/osdc2012-sigmajs-demo sigmajs filtering/searching
21 - manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
22 - d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440
23 - Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/
24 - how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862
25 - http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together
26 - data viz
27 - http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
28 - http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
29 - andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial
30 - http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
31 - http://www.twotorials.com/ for R
32 - http://www.r-bloggers.com/gradient-word-clouds/ http://www.rstudio.com/shiny/ http://blog.ouseful.info/2012/11/28/quick-shiny-demo-exploring-nhs-winter-sit-rep-data/ https://github.com/timelyportfolio/shiny-d3-plot https://github.com/trestletech/shiny-sandbox/tree/master/grn
33 - http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph
34 - http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/
35 - http://yihui.name/knitr/ makes reports including google widgets/charts/maps via http://www.r-bloggers.com/googlevis-0-3-2-is-released-better-integration-with-knitr/
36 - http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/
37 - http://dydra.com/
38 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
39 - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
40 - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
41 - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
42 - analysing - linked data tools
43 - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
44 - http://linkeddata.org/home
45 - analysing - unstructured/nlp incl overviewer, opennlp/nltk, lucene/solr
46 - http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/
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48 # Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
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50 ### Sourceforge
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52 Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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54 You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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56 ### Google Code Project Hosting
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58 Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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60 You can host your Google Code project and get access to developer tools, APIs and documentation at [http://code.google.com/](http://code.google.com/)
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Maxious 64 # The basics of being a data scientist
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67 * Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
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69 Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
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Alex Sadleir 71 # API Development {#api-development}
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74 So an API isn’t just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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76 A good web based data API:
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78 * Is logically organised
79 * Can filter returned data
80 * Can return results in different open formats (CSV/JSON etc.)
81 * Is efficient and responsive by using caching and databases appropriately
82 * Handles errors gracefully
83 * Monitors and controls access (to show benefit realised of API and prevent abuse)
84 * Provides appropriate documentation with examples
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86 Some people like sensis [http://](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[developers.sensis.com.<wbr>au</wbr>](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[/](http://developers.sensis.com.au/) use a provider like[http://](http://mashery.com/)[mashery.com](http://mashery.com/)[/](http://mashery.com/) or [https](https://apigee.com/)[://](https://apigee.com/)[apigee.com](https://apigee.com/) or [http://](http://apiaxle.com/)[apiaxle.com](http://apiaxle.com/)[/](http://apiaxle.com/) or [http://www.3scale.net/](http://www.3scale.net/) which handles making a good API for them.
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88 Atlassian have a great page on what makes a good API [https](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[://](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[developer.atlassian.<wbr>com</wbr>](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[/display/REST/](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[Atlassian](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)[+<wbr>REST+API+Design+Guidelines+<wbr>version+1</wbr></wbr>](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)
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Alex Sadleir 94 # Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
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96 Most of the categories to follow have visualisation tools specific to their purpose.
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98 You can find some data visualisation &#8220;essential&#8221\. tools below:
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100 [http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/07/part-6-the-essential-collection-of-visualisation-resources/](http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2011/07/part-6-the-essential-collection-of-visualisation-resources/)
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102 Also check out [http://thejit.org](http://thejit.org/) &amp; [http://www.senchalabs.org/<wbr>philogl/</wbr>](http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/) (contributed by Matt Adcock)
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Alex Sadleir 106 # Augmented Reality Tools {#augmented-reality-tools}
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108 ### buildAR
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110 buildAR was the world&#8217;s first AR Content Management System with the first early version launched back in 200\. as a bit of a test to see if people were interested in being able to create their own augmented experiences. MOB Labs officially launched the new improved buildAR at the Augmented Reality event in Silicon Valley in May 2011.
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112 [http://buildAR.com](http://buildar.com/) (normally a 1\. day free trial but GovHack attendees on the day will get a fully activated account for a month. If you are a GovHack attendee want full access now to play, just sign up for a trial and then forward your GovHack Eventbrite registration email to govhack [at] buildar.com and they&#8217;ll set you up for the free month fully activated account within a couple of days.
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114 ### Other AR tools and references
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116 theAWEsomeWEB &#8211\. Future of the Augmented Web [http://theAWEsomeWEB.com](http://theawesomeweb.com/)
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118 Layar &#8211\. AR Browser - [http://layar.com](http://layar.com/)
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120 Junaio &#8211\. AR Browser - [http://junaio.com](http://junaio.com/)
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122 Aurasma &#8211\. AR Browser - [http://aurasma.com/](http://aurasma.com/)
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124 Vuforia &#8211\. NFT based AR SDK - [http://qualcomm.com/solutions/<wbr>augmented-reality</wbr>](http://qualcomm.com/solutions/augmented-reality)
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126 String &#8211\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://poweredbystring.com/](http://poweredbystring.com/)
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128 [pointcloud.io](http://pointcloud.io/) - SLAM based AR SDK - [http://pointcloud.io/](http://pointcloud.io/)
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130 ARToolkit &#8211\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>ARToolKit</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARToolKit)
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132 FLARToolkit &#8211\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://saqoo.sh/a/en/<wbr>flartoolkit/start-up-guide</wbr>](http://saqoo.sh/a/en/flartoolkit/start-up-guide)
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134 Kooaba &#8211\. Visual search platform - [http://kooaba.com](http://kooaba.com/)
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136 Catchoom &#8211\. Visual search platform - [http://catchoom.com/](http://catchoom.com/)
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138 Google Googles &#8211\. Visual search app - [http://www.google.com/mobile/<wbr>goggles/#text</wbr>](http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text)
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140 Vuzix 920AR &#8211\. Wearable display - [http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/<wbr>products_wrap920ar.html</wbr>](http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_wrap920ar.html)
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142 Project Glass &#8211\. Googles wearable display project - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=9c6W4CCU9M4</wbr>](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4)
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144 Mixed Reality &#8211\. Nokia&#8217;s vision for wearable displays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=CGwvZWyLiBU</wbr>](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwvZWyLiBU)
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146 City Lens &#8211\. Nokia&#8217;s latest AR app - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=63lNPkl-EPE&amp;feature=youtu.be</wbr>](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lNPkl-EPE&amp;feature=youtu.be)
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148 AR &#8211\. Wikipedia page - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Augmented_reality</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality)
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150 Steve Mann &#8211\. Wearable Computing Pioneer - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Steve_Mann</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann)
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152 Thad Starner &#8211\. Wearable Computing Pioneer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Thad_Starner</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Starner)
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154 Mark Weiser &#8211\. Father of Pervasive Computing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Mark_Weiser</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser)
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157 # Geographical Data Tools {#geographical-data-tools}
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159 Check out the[ GeoRabble Boundary Mapper&#8217;s Cookbook](http://georabble.org/2012/05/31/the-boundary-mappers-cookbook/) to see how you can tie all these things together!
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161 ## Analysis
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163 ### PostGIS
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165 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/postgisexample-300x130.jpg "postgisexample")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/postgisexample.jpg)PostGIS is an extension for the PostgreSQL database server that allows you to store and manipulate geospatial data on a large scale. For example finding which points are in an area or what points are closest . It is also very useful for storing geospatial data because it can convert between all major formats including ESRI Shape files and Google Earth/Maps KML.
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167 ### Quantum GIS
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169 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m50afbe88-300x160.jpg "QGIS Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m50afbe88.jpg)QGIS is a graphical desktop application that allows viewing and editing of geospatial data. Some good base maps are available by adding the WMS layer/server [http://irs.gis-lab.info/](http://irs.gis-lab.info/)
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171 ## Visualisation
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173 ### Google Fusion Tables/ChartsBin/[OpenHeatMap](http://www.openheatmap.com/)
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175 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot-300x168.jpg "fusiontablesscreenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot.jpg)Input a numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced
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177 ### [Cartographer.js](http://cartographer.visualmotive.com/)
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179 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/cartographerjs-300x187.png "cartographerjs screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/cartographerjs.png)Input data as JSON and maps are produced.
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183 ### OpenLayers/Google Maps/[Leaflet](http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/)
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185 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_512fcbe1-300x173.jpg "OpenLayers Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_512fcbe1.jpg)Display points and different layers. Leaflet is the easiest to use if you just want to show points with popups when clicked on.
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187 ### NASA World Wind/Google Earth
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189 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_4dda24a4-300x261.jpg "WorldWind screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_4dda24a4.jpg)Google Earth provides 3\. viewing of KML/GML files which represent points and shapes, both through a desktop application and a web plugin. These can be extended with interactive features that allow you to view by timeline or have animated tours between different points. You can also develop and customise your own viewer with the open source [NASA World Wind toolkit.](http://goworldwind.org/demos/)
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193 # Tabular Data Tools {#tabular-data-tools}
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195 ## Analysis
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197 ### Excel / Calc
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