Ottawa Open Data released

[rakerman]

The city has released "open data" (data that is available for use in mashups and applications, such as maps) following approval by Council today. There will also be a $50k apps contest (details to be announced).

http://ottawa.ca/opendata/

You can request datasets at

http://www.dataott.org/

Also the city provides free access to its internal mapping data through a site called eMap.

Twitter account @opendataottawa is a good place to get more information.

[waterloowarrior]

there's a bunch of new things added since this started, including building permit data!
http://www.ottawa.ca/online_services...ermits_en.html

there's also a progress status report on layers that have been requested
http://www.ottawa.ca/online_services...report_en.html