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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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govhack library
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- http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html
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- android datviz
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- 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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- https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
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- https://mixpanel.com/education/understanding-the-first-five-minutes
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- http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
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- http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
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- http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
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- http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
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- https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
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- https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
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- http://www.opentripplanner.org/apidoc/rest.plan.html
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- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
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- http://www.slideshare.net/OReillyStrata/visualizing-networks-beyond-the-hairball
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- http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-554179-622011.html SNA tools catalog
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- https://github.com/jacomyal/osdc2012-sigmajs-demo sigmajs filtering/searching
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- manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
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- d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440
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- Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/
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- how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862
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- http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together
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- data viz
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- http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
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- http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
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- andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial
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- http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
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- http://www.twotorials.com/ for R
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- 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
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- http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph
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- http://www.r-bloggers.com/video-simpler-tricks-and-tools-help-debugging-git-latex-and-workflow-with-r-by-prof-rob-hyndman/
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- 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/
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- http://chartsnthings.tumblr.com/post/36978271916/r-tutorial-simple-charts http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/17/getting-started-with-charts-in-r/
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- http://dydra.com/
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- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
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- http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
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- http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
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- css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
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- analysing - linked data tools
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- http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
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- http://linkeddata.org/home
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- analysing - unstructured/nlp incl overviewer, opennlp/nltk, lucene/solr
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- http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/
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# Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
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### Sourceforge
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Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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### Google Code Project Hosting
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Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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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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# The basics of being a data scientist
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* 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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Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
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# API Development {#api-development}
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So an API isn’t just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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* Is logically organised
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* Can filter returned data
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* Can return results in different open formats (CSV/JSON etc.)
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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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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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# Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
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[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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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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# Augmented Reality Tools {#augmented-reality-tools}
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### buildAR
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buildAR was the world’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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[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’ll set you up for the free month fully activated account within a couple of days.
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theAWEsomeWEB –\. Future of the Augmented Web [http://theAWEsomeWEB.com](http://theawesomeweb.com/)
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Layar –\. AR Browser - [http://layar.com](http://layar.com/)
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Junaio –\. AR Browser - [http://junaio.com](http://junaio.com/)
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Aurasma –\. AR Browser - [http://aurasma.com/](http://aurasma.com/)
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Vuforia –\. NFT based AR SDK - [http://qualcomm.com/solutions/<wbr>augmented-reality</wbr>](http://qualcomm.com/solutions/augmented-reality)
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String –\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://poweredbystring.com/](http://poweredbystring.com/)
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[pointcloud.io](http://pointcloud.io/) - SLAM based AR SDK - [http://pointcloud.io/](http://pointcloud.io/)
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ARToolkit –\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>ARToolKit</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARToolKit)
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FLARToolkit –\. 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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Kooaba –\. Visual search platform - [http://kooaba.com](http://kooaba.com/)
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Catchoom –\. Visual search platform - [http://catchoom.com/](http://catchoom.com/)
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Google Googles –\. Visual search app - [http://www.google.com/mobile/<wbr>goggles/#text</wbr>](http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text)
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Vuzix 920AR –\. Wearable display - [http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/<wbr>products_wrap920ar.html</wbr>](http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_wrap920ar.html)
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Project Glass –\. Googles wearable display project - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=9c6W4CCU9M4</wbr>](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4)
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Mixed Reality –\. Nokia’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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City Lens –\. Nokia’s latest AR app - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=63lNPkl-EPE&feature=youtu.be</wbr>](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lNPkl-EPE&feature=youtu.be)
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Steve Mann –\. Wearable Computing Pioneer - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Steve_Mann</wbr>](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann)