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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	1	Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	2	These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	3
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	5	- govhack toolkit!!!!
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	6	- key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	7
		8	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data bis UCX etc.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	9	- what do govhack entries look like?
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	10	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	11
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	12
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	13
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	14	geo
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	15	- http://converter.mygeodata.eu/vector kml exporter for shp
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	16	- http://bost.ocks.org/mike/map/
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	17
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	18	R
		19	- http://blog.yhathq.com/posts/10-R-packages-I-wish-I-knew-about-earlier.html
		20	- excel -> R/rattle/ deducer? http://www.r-bloggers.com/updates-to-the-deducer-family-of-packages/
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		24	- tools.disclo.gs - how to use data
		25	- developer tools inc. linked data
		26	- gephi -> neo4j
		27	- neo4j lets you build on, do massive queries of who is friends with who
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	28	- don't use network viz if what you actually have is a tree/hierarchy with no interconnections http://www.randelshofer.ch/treeviz/ http://thejit.org/demos/ http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ex/treemap.html http://blog.pixelingene.com/2011/07/building-a-tree-diagram-in-d3-js/
		29	- http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/pack.html http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/tree.html
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	30	- postgis/quantum gis
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	31	- (google earth is alright but many limitations) NASA World Wind?
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	32	- ABS statistical areas
		33	- http://irs.gis-lab.info/ wms or http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms_openstreetmap_tms.xml
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	34	- can do nearest/isin/union queries - personal geocoder
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	35	- cloudmade geocoder, google maps my maps
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	36	- base layers like agri or nearmap
		37	- scraperwiki with new pytemplate libraries
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	38	- makes an API for your data to get in sqlite/json/csv
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	39	- three.js with cables vis? Overviewer from AP?
		40	- govhack library
		41	- http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html
		42	- https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
		43	- https://mixpanel.com/education/understanding-the-first-five-minutes
		44	- http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
		45	- http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
		46	- http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
		47	- http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
		48	- https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
		49	- https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
		50	- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
		51	- manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
		52	- d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440
		53	- Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/
		54	- how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	56	- data viz
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	57	- http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	58	- http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
		59	- andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial
		60	- http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
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		62	- http://www.twotorials.com/ for R
		63	- 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
		64	- http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	65	- http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/
		66	- 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/
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	67	- http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	68
		69	- http://dydra.com/
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	70	- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	71	- http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	72	- http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
		73	- analysing - linked data tools
		74	- http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
		75	- http://linkeddata.org/home
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		78	# Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
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		80	### Sourceforge
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		82	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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		84	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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		86	### Google Code Project Hosting
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	87
		88	Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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		90	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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		94	# The basics of being a data scientist
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		96	* Have a hypothesis � even if you’re making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is.
		97	* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
		98	* 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.
		99	Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
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		101	# API Development {#api-development}
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		104	So an API isn’t just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	106	A good web based data API:
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		108	* Is logically organised
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	109	* Can filter returned data
		110	* Can return results in different open formats (CSV/JSON etc.)
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	111	* Is efficient and responsive by using caching and databases appropriately
		112	* Handles errors gracefully
		113	* Monitors and controls access (to show benefit realised of API and prevent abuse)
		114	* Provides appropriate documentation with examples
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		116	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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		118	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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		120	API
		121	- howto.gov api tutorial
		122	- http://shancarter.com/data_converter/
		123	- http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/module/data-visualizations-google-docs/
		124	- api documentation
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	125	- WSDL or http://swagger.wordnik.com/ or https://github.com/mashery/iodocs
		126	- 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
2013-02-28 04:29:45	Maxious	127	- https://github.com/elc/rapi_doc https://github.com/Pajk/apipie-rails
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		132	# Infographics and Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
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		134	Infographics try to contextualise charts and graphs to tell a story. Data vis builds on this to find new ways to design insight.
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	136	Most of the categories to follow have visualisation tools specific to their purpose.
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	137
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	138	You can find some data visualisation “essential&#8221\. tools below:
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	140	[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/)
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	141
		142	Also check out [http://thejit.org](http://thejit.org/) & [http://www.senchalabs.org/<wbr>philogl/</wbr>](http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/) (contributed by Matt Adcock)
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		144	# Mobile
		145	html5 jquery mobile like directory.gov.au
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	146	- android datviz
		147	- 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/
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		151	# Geographical Data Tools {#geographical-data-tools}
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	152
		153	Check out the[ GeoRabble Boundary Mapper’s Cookbook](http://georabble.org/2012/05/31/the-boundary-mappers-cookbook/) to see how you can tie all these things together!
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	154
		155	## Analysis
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		157	### PostGIS
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	159	[![](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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2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	161	### Quantum GIS
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	163	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m50afbe88-300x160.jpg "QGIS Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/w