Apple picker The second year of the Together we open data competition confirmed the social and economic potential of open data. For example, a service making information available from official boards, a website presenting the most beautiful playgrounds in Prague or a map of public toilets was successful. The prize for the best student application went to Justinian.cz, which connects data on Czech legislation in an innovative way. The competition is organized by the Otakar Motel Fund.
Open data is gaining more and more importance. State authorities, regions and cities are gradually making information available in structured and machine-readable formats that enable further use. The goal of the Together we open data competition is to support this trend and to appreciate quality applications that use open data to create new services beneficial to the public.
This year, 24 web, mobile and desktop applications competed. The winners were selected by an expert jury made up of personalities from business, academia and non-profit organizations. The first place prize went to the application edesky.cz, which clearly displays documents posted on the electronic notice boards of cities and municipalities. Citizens can thus monitor important changes in their surroundings – e.g. road closures, the sale of municipal land or construction procedures for a new supermarket. The service draws source data from electronic official records of individual regions, cities and municipalities. The author of the project is Marek Aufart.
The second place went to the project Children's playgrounds in Prague, behind which are Jakub Kuthan, Václav Pekárek and Martin Vašák. The web application maps the most beautiful playgrounds in the metropolis. As of September 2014, it contains an overview of more than 80 locations with about 130 playgrounds, including a description of attractions, interesting places in the vicinity and rich photo documentation. The project uses information from the environmental departments of individual city districts and open map sources.
He took third place WC compass, created by IBD Patients (Association of Patients with Idiopathic Intestinal Inflammation). The service, intended primarily for the disabled, maps the availability and quality of public toilets. The WC Compass has been operating since the beginning of October and registers approximately 450 toilets. The website is adapted to display on a smartphone. The basis was a part of the open database from the friendly project Vozejkmap, which was successful in last year's competition "Společné očiváme data".
The Otakar Motejlo Fund prize for the best student application goes to the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University, where the application was created Justinian linking laws, court decisions and other legislative documents. The application is built on the open data infrastructure OpenData.cz. “Justinian shows the laws in context and is a great example of a meaningful connection between the available data. We believe that thanks to the award, the authors will be able to further develop and improve the project and help increase public awareness of the current legislation," says Robert Basch, Chairman of the Board of the Otakar Motejla Fund.
However, projects such as Cycle planner helping urban cyclists, DATA collecting data on Czech companies and changes in their structure or Road Safety, an app that alerts you to roads where there is a risk of collision with animals.
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