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@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+#GovHack Toolkit
 Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries.
-These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics
+These tools can be used to make entries like mobile apps, web apps and data visualisations/infographics.
+
+The text of this toolkit is open for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution licence and improvements are encouraged via Git http://github.com/maxious/govhack-tools or via email patches to govhack@lambdacomplex.org
 
 # How to register and submit your entry
-## registering your team
-TODO how to use website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams etc.
-
-## preparing your submission
+## Registering your team
+Coming Soon: how to use the website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams.
+
+## Preparing your submission
 
 You should record a 3 minute speech and mix images/text to accompany.
 http://www.screenr.com/ and other screencasting tools allow you to demo apps.
@@ -18,10 +21,7 @@
 # General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
 
 ## Who can be a hack day participant
-  - roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
-
-## Definitions
-  - definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
+There are many roles you can play as a hack day participant; coder, designer UX/graphics.
 
 ## The basics of being a data scientist
 
@@ -30,100 +30,43 @@
 *   Analyse and present results -  were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out?
 Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story.
 
-
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f-300x199.gif "Data Journalism Diagram")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt>
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f-300x199.gif "Data Journalism Diagram")](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt>
 Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
 
-
 The best high level reference is the 'Understanding Data' and 'Delivering Data' chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at
-
 [datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
 
 You can learn the technical skills from scratch in Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau or for more advanced
-
 practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
-
 For further reading in this space
-
 [http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/)
 
 
 **Statistics**
 
-[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
+A great guide to statistics is 
+[Think Stats](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
 
 **Programming**
 
 Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
-Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
-
-interactively with websites like [http://www.codecademy.com/](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0). for JavaScript or [http://www.learnpython.org/ ](http://www.learnpython.org/)or [http://tryruby.org](http://tryruby.org/)
-
-[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) - especially for web applications and visualisations, you'll need a basic understanding of JS. Common libraries like prototype or jQuery can help
+Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn interactively with websites like [Codecademy for JavaScript](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0), [Learn Python](http://www.learnpython.org/) or [Try Ruby](http://tryruby.org/)
+
+For web applications and visualisations, you'll need a basic understanding of JavaScript in order to configure pre made libraries like jQuery. A good source for Javascript information is the [Mozilla Development Network Javascript Page](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript)
 
 **Accessibility/User Experience**
 
-WCAG guidelines not only make a web app accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/)
-
-
-
-## examples
-
-## The Open Budget
-
-## WeatherTree weather API
-
-## PlanningAlerts
-
-[![Planning Alerts Screenshot](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1-300x221.png "Planning Alerts Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area.
-
-Programming Language: Ruby
-
-Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
-
-Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
-
-## LobbyLens
-
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium-300x180.png "LobbyLens screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png)
-
-Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities.
-
-Programing Language: PHP
-
-Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
-
-Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
-
-## bus.lambdacomplex.org
-
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae-300x253.jpg "Bus.lambda screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg)
-
-Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
-
-Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
-
-Source Control: Git
-
-Issue Tracking: Github
-
-
-## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
-
-server admin / technical tools
-many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
-    - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
-- css gauges http://www.larentis.eu/donuts/
-- bootstrap themes, web fonts, css sprites, icon fonts
-  - http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ http://designmodo.github.com/Flat-UI/
-
-  - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
-  - amon
+Following accessibility guidelines not only make a application accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do when designing for humans: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/)
+
+
+
+# Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
+No matter what kind of application you have for the data, there are many tools you can use to better collaborate and manage your project.
 
 ### Source Control 
- Git / Subversion
-
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
+Using a version control system like Git or Subversion allows you to keep many different versions of what you have been working on so you can collaborate with others or simply back up your files so you don't lose them!
+
+[![](img/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
 
 [http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
 
@@ -133,7 +76,7 @@
 
 [http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
 
-### Task Tracking -
+### Task Tracking
 
 Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
 
@@ -141,10 +84,10 @@
 
 ## Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
 
-Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so no setup required.
+Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so there's no setup required.
 
 ### Github
-Git obviously but svn/hg interfaces are possible. Provide their own GUI for Windows/OSX or use the variety of Git capable tools
+Git obviously but svn/hg interfaces are also available. Provide their own GUI for Windows/OSX or use a variety of Git capable tools
 
 ### Sourceforge
 
@@ -159,8 +102,9 @@
 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/)
 
 
-
-# API Development {#api-development}
+# Applications of data hacking
+
+## API Development {#api-development}
 
 
 So an API isn't just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif) 
@@ -179,19 +123,19 @@
 
 Atlassian have a great page on what makes a good API https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)
 
-API
-  - howto.gov api tutorial
-  - http://shancarter.com/data_converter/
-  - http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/module/data-visualizations-google-docs/
-  - api documentation
+howto.gov api resources about choosing SOAP vs. REST etc. http://www.howto.gov/mobile/apis-in-government
+
+API documentation is important too.
     - WSDL or http://swagger.wordnik.com/ or https://github.com/mashery/iodocs
-    - http://symfony.com/ https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRestBundle http://williamdurand.fr/2012/08/02/rest-apis-with-symfony2-the-right-way/ https://github.com/nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle better apis https://github.com/liip/LiipHelloBundle
-      - https://github.com/elc/rapi_doc https://github.com/Pajk/apipie-rails
-      -
+    - Many web app frameworks can generate the documentation for you. For example Symfony for PHPhttp://symfony.com/ https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRestBundle http://williamdurand.fr/2012/08/02/rest-apis-with-symfony2-the-right-way/ https://github.com/nelmio/NelmioApiDocBundle better apis https://github.com/liip/LiipHelloBundle
+      - or for Rails https://github.com/elc/rapi_doc https://github.com/Pajk/apipie-rails
+
    http://amberonrails.com/building-stripes-api/
 
-
-# Infographics and Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
+example WeatherTree weather API
+
+
+## Infographics and Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
 
 Infographics try to contextualise charts and graphs to tell a story. Data vis builds on this to find new ways to design insight.
 
@@ -210,16 +154,71 @@
     - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
 
 examples    - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
+### The Open Budget
+
 tools     - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
 
-
-
-# Mobile
-bom water, nz gov budget
+## Web Applications
+
+With the rise of HTML5 technologies it is easier than ever to make a web application for engaging use of data.
+
+    - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
+- css gauges http://www.larentis.eu/donuts/
+- bootstrap themes, web fonts, css sprites, icon fonts
+  - http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ http://designmodo.github.com/Flat-UI/
+
+### Examples
+
+
+#### PlanningAlerts
+
+[![Planning Alerts Screenshot](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1-300x221.png "Planning Alerts Screenshot")](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area.
+
+Programming Language: Ruby
+
+Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
+
+Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
+
+#### LobbyLens
+
+[![](img/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium-300x180.png "LobbyLens screenshot")](img/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png)
+
+Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities.
+
+Programing Language: PHP
+
+Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
+
+Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
+
+#### bus.lambdacomplex.org
+
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae-300x253.jpg "Bus.lambda screenshot")](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg)
+
+Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
+
+Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
+
+Source Control: Git
+
+Issue Tracking: Github
+
+## Mobile
+
+Frameworks, http://www.sencha.com/products/touch http://phonegap.com/ http://cordova.apache.org/
+
 html5 jquery mobile like directory.gov.au
-    - android datviz
-      - 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/
-
+
+For data visualisation, there are a variety of graph widgets 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/
+
+
+Backend frameworks http://helios.io/ https://www.parse.com/
+### Examples
+
+bom water,
+
+nz gov budget
 
 
 # Geographical Data Tools {#geographical-data-tools}
@@ -249,11 +248,11 @@
 
 ### PostGIS
 
-[![](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.
+[![](img/postgisexample-300x130.jpg "postgisexample")](img/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.
 
 ### Quantum GIS
 
-[![](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/)
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m50afbe88-300x160.jpg "QGIS Screenshot")](img/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/)
 
 ## Visualisation
 
@@ -261,25 +260,25 @@
 
 ### Google Fusion Tables/ChartsBin/[OpenHeatMap](http://www.openheatmap.com/)
 
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot-300x168.jpg "fusiontablesscreenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/fusiontablesscreenshot.jpg)Input numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced where the areas are colored on a scale of the values
+[![](img/fusiontablesscreenshot-300x168.jpg "fusiontablesscreenshot")](img/fusiontablesscreenshot.jpg)Input numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced where the areas are colored on a scale of the values
 
 http://www.peteraldhous.com/CAR/Making_maps_with_Google_Fusion_Tables.pdf tutorial or http://support.google.com/fusiontables/topic/2592754?hl=en&ref_topic=27020 for google help files
 
 ### [Cartographer.js](http://cartographer.visualmotive.com/)
 
-[![](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.
+[![](img/cartographerjs-300x187.png "cartographerjs screenshot")](img/cartographerjs.png)Input data as JSON and maps are produced.
 See also d3 maps.
   - http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/
 
 
 ### OpenLayers/Google Maps/[Leaflet](http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/)
 
-[![](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.
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_512fcbe1-300x173.jpg "OpenLayers Screenshot")](img/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.
 There are wrappers for Google maps like http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html and Mapstraction that can make it easier to use too.
 
 ### NASA World Wind/Google Earth
 
-[![](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/)
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_4dda24a4-300x261.jpg "WorldWind screenshot")](img/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/)
 
 ### 
 
@@ -287,32 +286,34 @@
 
 ## Wrangling
 
+Converting formats json/xml/csv etc.
+  - http://shancarter.com/data_converter/
+
+
 Tabular data may have duplicate entries or incorrect formats (varying ways to enter dates/phonenumbers etc.). There are tools to quickly fix common problems
 
 [DataWrangler](http://vis.stanford.edu/wrangler/)/[Google Refine](http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/)
 
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/google_refine_interface.png "google_refine_interface")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/google_refine_interface.png)Clean up duplicate or inconsistent data entries.
+[![](img/google_refine_interface.png "google_refine_interface")](img/google_refine_interface.png)Clean up duplicate or inconsistent data entries.
 
 Can also use general purpose tools; grep/awk/sed
 regex http://www.regexper.com/ http://www.debuggex.com/?re=&str=
 
 ## Analysis
 
-### Excel / Calc
+### Excel / Google Docs
 
 Great basic analysis and viewing. Older versions can be limited to 6500\. or so rows. Eg [http://www.tcij.org/training-material/car/data-mining/3474](http://www.tcij.org/training-material/car/data-mining/3474)
 
+http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/module/data-visualizations-google-docs/
+
 ### PostgreSQL/MySQL
 
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_209ee972.jpg "SQL screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_209ee972.jpg)Next step up, large datasets can be manipulated/extracted efficiently for example [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html) , no built-in data visualisation though.
-
-### [Miso Dataset](http://misoproject.com/dataset/)
-
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m53b7ee38-293x300.png "miso screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m53b7ee38.png)Javascript data transformation library - especially good if you want to use the output for javascript interactive visualisations because the transformations can be done on-the-fly by users.
+[![](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_209ee972.jpg "SQL screenshot")](img/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_209ee972.jpg)Next step up, large datasets can be manipulated/extracted efficiently for example [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/tutorial-window.html) , no built-in data visualisation though.
 
 ### R Statistical Language
 
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/rstudio-windows-300x249.png "rstudio-windows")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/rstudio-windows.png)Advanced data analysis, can find and visualise trends in large datasets. Some reference resources to learn the language [http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html ](http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html)There are also some addons that provide graphical interfaces that make it easier to use such as Rattle [http://rattle.togaware.com/](http://rattle.togaware.com/) , RStudio [http://rstudio.org/](http://rstudio.org/) or Deducer [http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual](http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual)
+[![](img/rstudio-windows-300x249.png "rstudio-windows")](img/rstudio-windows.png)Advanced data analysis, can find and visualise trends in large datasets. Some reference resources to learn the language [http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html ](http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html)There are also some addons that provide graphical interfaces that make it easier to use such as Rattle [http://rattle.togaware.com/](http://rattle.togaware.com/) , RStudio [http://rstudio.org/](http://rstudio.org/) or Deducer [http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual](http://www.deducer.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.DeducerManual)
 
   - http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/10-R-packages-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier.html
         - excel -> R/rattle/ deducer? http://www.r-bloggers.com/updates-to-the-deducer-family-of-packages/
@@ -321,21 +322,23 @@
          - http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/
       - 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/
       - http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/
+      
+      http://www.r-bloggers.com/to-plot-them-is-my-real-test/
 
 
 ## Visualisation
 
 ### [Tableau Desktop](http://www.tableausoftware.com/)
 
-Create visualisations from various data formats by dragging and dropping. Free trial available on website. [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Tableau-Screenshot-300x190.jpg "Tableau Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Tableau-Scree