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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
-
-govhack library
-
-- http://hpneo.github.com/gmaps/examples.html
-- 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/
-- https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
-- https://mixpanel.com/education/understanding-the-first-five-minutes
-- http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
-- http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
-- http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
-- http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
-- https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
-- https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
-- http://www.opentripplanner.org/apidoc/rest.plan.html
-- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
-- http://www.slideshare.net/OReillyStrata/visualizing-networks-beyond-the-hairball
-- http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-554179-622011.html SNA tools catalog
-- https://github.com/jacomyal/osdc2012-sigmajs-demo sigmajs filtering/searching
-- manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
-- d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440
- - Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/
- - how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862
-- http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together
-- data viz
-- http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
-- http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
-- andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial
-- http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
-- http://www.twotorials.com/ for R
- - 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
- - http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph
- - 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://dydra.com/
-- http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
-- http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
-- http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
-- css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
-- analysing - linked data tools
- - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
- - http://linkeddata.org/home
-- analysing - unstructured/nlp incl overviewer, opennlp/nltk, lucene/solr
- - http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/
+geo
+
+R
+
+- tools.disclo.gs - how to use data
+ - developer tools inc. linked data
+ - gephi -> neo4j
+ - neo4j lets you build on, do massive queries of who is friends with who
+ - 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/
+ - http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/pack.html http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/tree.html
+ - postgis/quantum gis
+ - (google earth is alright but many limitations) NASA World Wind?
+ - ABS statistical areas
+ - base layers like agri, http://irs.gis-lab.info/ wms or http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms_openstreetmap_tms.xml
+ - can do nearest/isin/union queries - personal geocoder
+ - cloudmade geocoder, google maps my maps
+
+ - scraperwiki with new pytemplate libraries
+ - makes an API for your data to get in sqlite/json/csv
+
+ - govhack library
+ - https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
+ - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
+ - http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
+ - http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
+ - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
+ - https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
+ - https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
+ - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
+ - manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
+ - d3 tools and tutorial http://enjalot.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4608440
+ - Why d3 is the way it is and how to make charts http://bost.ocks.org/mike/chart/
+ - how to make an xkcd chart http://bl.ocks.org/3914862
+
+ - data viz
+ - http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
+ - http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
+ - andrewharvey4.wordpress.com postgis/asgs tutorial
+ - http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
+
+ - http://www.twotorials.com/ for R
+ - 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
+ - http://is-r.tumblr.com/post/38240018815/making-prettier-network-graphs-with-sna-and-igraph
+ - 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://dydra.com/
+ - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
+ - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
+ - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
+ - analysing - linked data tools
+ - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
+ - http://linkeddata.org/home
+
+
+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
+
+
+# General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
+## The basics of being a data scientist
+
+* 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.
+* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
+* 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.
+Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
+
+
+[![](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)
+Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0
+
+
+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)
+
+**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
+
+**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/)
+
+## Who can be a hack day participant
+ - roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
+
+## Definitions
+ - definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data bis UCX etc.
+
+
+## key datasets
+ - key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs
+
+## 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
+ video tools, youtube video editor/slideshow, FOSS video editing tools
+ - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
+ - amon
+
+### 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/)
+
+[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
+
+[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
+
+[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
+
+[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
+
+### Task Tracking -
+
+Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
+
+[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project!
# Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
@@ -60,13 +196,6 @@
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/)
-
-# The basics of being a data scientist
-
-* 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.
-* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
-* 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.
-Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
# API Development {#api-development}
@@ -87,11 +216,21 @@
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.com](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)[+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)
-
-
-
-
-# Data Visualisation {#data-visualisation}
+API
+ - howto.gov api tutorial
+ - http://shancarter.com/data_converter/
+ - http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/module/data-visualizations-google-docs/
+ - api documentation
+ - 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
+ -
+ http://amberonrails.com/building-stripes-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.
Most of the categories to follow have visualisation tools specific to their purpose.
@@ -101,65 +240,34 @@
Also check out [http://thejit.org](http://thejit.org/) & [http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/](http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/) (contributed by Matt Adcock)
-
-
-# Augmented Reality Tools {#augmented-reality-tools}
-
-### buildAR
-
-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.
-
-[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.
-
-### Other AR tools and references
-
-theAWEsomeWEB –\. Future of the Augmented Web [http://theAWEsomeWEB.com](http://theawesomeweb.com/)
-
-Layar –\. AR Browser - [http://layar.com](http://layar.com/)
-
-Junaio –\. AR Browser - [http://junaio.com](http://junaio.com/)
-
-Aurasma –\. AR Browser - [http://aurasma.com/](http://aurasma.com/)
-
-Vuforia –\. NFT based AR SDK - [http://qualcomm.com/solutions/augmented-reality](http://qualcomm.com/solutions/augmented-reality)
-
-String –\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://poweredbystring.com/](http://poweredbystring.com/)
-
-[pointcloud.io](http://pointcloud.io/) - SLAM based AR SDK - [http://pointcloud.io/](http://pointcloud.io/)
-
-ARToolkit –\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARToolKit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARToolKit)
-
-FLARToolkit –\. Marker based AR SDK - [http://saqoo.sh/a/en/flartoolkit/start-up-guide](http://saqoo.sh/a/en/flartoolkit/start-up-guide)
-
-Kooaba –\. Visual search platform - [http://kooaba.com](http://kooaba.com/)
-
-Catchoom –\. Visual search platform - [http://catchoom.com/](http://catchoom.com/)
-
-Google Googles –\. Visual search app - [http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text](http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text)
-
-Vuzix 920AR –\. Wearable display - [http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_wrap920ar.html](http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_wrap920ar.html)
-
-Project Glass –\. Googles wearable display project - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4)
-
-Mixed Reality –\. Nokia’s vision for wearable displays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwvZWyLiBU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwvZWyLiBU)
-
-City Lens –\. Nokia’s latest AR app - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lNPkl-EPE&feature=youtu.be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lNPkl-EPE&feature=youtu.be)
-
-AR –\. Wikipedia page - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality)
-
-Steve Mann –\. Wearable Computing Pioneer - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann)
-
-Thad Starner –\. Wearable Computing Pioneer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Starner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Starner)
-
-Mark Weiser –\. Father of Pervasive Computing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser)
+Have to use visual art concepts, good color schemes http://www.r-bloggers.com/the-paul-tol-21-color-salute/
+
+# Mobile
+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/
+
# Geographical Data Tools {#geographical-data-tools}
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!
+## Wrangling
+
+## Converting
+There are many spatial data formats and often the one your tool requires is not the one the dataset is provided in
+Online
+ - http://converter.mygeodata.eu/vector kml exporter for shp
+or locally using GDAL
+
+## geocoding
+cloudmade, google (but you must display on a Google Map).
+
+
## Analysis
+
### 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.
@@ -170,6 +278,8 @@
## Visualisation
+### Layar and other augmented reality tools
+
### 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 a numerical values and areas to a spreadsheet and maps are produced
@@ -177,12 +287,14 @@
### [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.
-
+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.
+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
@@ -192,28 +304,37 @@
# Tabular Data Tools {#tabular-data-tools}
+## Wrangling
+
+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.
+
## Analysis
### Excel / Calc
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)
-### [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.
### 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.
+### [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.
### 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)
+ - 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/
+
+
## Visualisation
### [Tableau Desktop](http://www.tableausoftware.com/)
@@ -227,16 +348,35 @@
### D3.js (Data-Driven Documents)
[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m90d8020-300x277.jpg "d3 screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m90d8020.jpg)Javascript visualisations that are more interactive or intricate than charts. Can be hard to learn but there are examples and easier to use premade visualisations such as [word clouds](http://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/), [realtime filtering of barcharts](http://square.github.com/crossfilter/), or [bubble trees for comparing amount sizes](https://github.com/okfn/bubbletree).
+d3
+ - http://datadrivenjournalism.net/resources/data_driven_documents_defined
+ - http://www.benmcmahen.com/blog/posts/50eb57d55a94d35262000001 d3 svg
### Processing.js
+# Unstructured (text documents, webpages, metadata, tweets etc) Data Tools
+
+Scraperwiki
+Overviewer/ Jigsaw
+http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/ii/jigsaw/
+ - opennlp/nltk, lucene/solr
+ - http://www.r-bloggers.com/simple-text-mining-with-r/
+
+R
+ - http://blog.josephwilk.net/ruby/latent-semantic-analysis-in-ruby.html similar terms usually found together
+
# Graph (relationships and networks) Data Tools {#graph-relationships-and-networks-data-tools}
+ - http://www.slideshare.net/OReillyStrata/visualizing-networks-beyond-the-hairball
+ - http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-554179-622011.html SNA tools catalog
+ - https://github.com/jacomyal/osdc2012-sigmajs-demo sigmajs filtering/searching
+
+
## Analysis
### Neo4j
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data-300x127.png "Neo4\. web admin screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data.png)Help understand relationships – how is X connected to Y and via what other entities they both are connected to. Imports and exports
+[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data-300x127.png "Neo4\. web admin screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/webadmin-data.png)Help understand relationships � how is X connected to Y and via what other entities they both are connected to. Imports and exports
can be done using a preexisting tool like Gremlin or by writing a simple Java/Python/Ruby application. Queries can be tested in the built in data browser.
@@ -256,7 +396,7 @@
### [Graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org/)
-[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d-300x184.png "Graphviz Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d.png)Classic directed graph visualisation tool, can even [generate images online without installing](http://ashitani.jp/gv/) or use in webpages with [javascript port of software](http://code.google.com/p/canviz/). File format [“dot” very easy to learn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_language)
+[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d-300x184.png "Graphviz Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_7579906d.png)Classic directed graph visualisation tool, can even [generate images online without installing](http://ashitani.jp/gv/) or use in webpages with [javascript port of software](http://code.google.com/p/canviz/). File format [�dot� very easy to learn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_language)
### Gephi
@@ -266,102 +406,3 @@
[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6006eaf3-300x130.jpg "Sigma.js Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6006eaf3.jpg)Javascript graph viewer, can use GEXF files exported from tools like neo4j, gephi and NetworkX.
-
-
-Below is some additional information including a few previous GovHack projects to get you thinking ![:)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif) More examples are available at [http://mashupaustralia.org/](http://mashupaustralia.org/).
-
-# Previous Project Examples {#previous-project-examples}
-
-## 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
-
-# General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
-
-
-[![](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)
-Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0
-
-
-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)
-
-**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
-
-**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/)
-
-
-
-#[Developer Tools For Your Computer]{#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
-
-### 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/)
-
-[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
-
-[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
-
-[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
-
-[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
-
-### Task Tracking - [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) / [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) / [Bugzilla](http://www.bugzilla.org/)
-
-## [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/trac-300x207.png "trac screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/trac.png)
-
-Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
-