NICTA’s Envirohack event

By Simon Chester on 19 November, 2013

NICTA is calling developers who would like to be involved in an environmental hackfest – Envirohack – on 29 November from 9.00am (8.00am in Brisbane). The event will be held at NICTA labs in Canberra and Sydney, as well as The Edge in Brisbane.

Join other like-minded developers or environmental enthusiasts plus NICTA researchers and engineers, and gain access to some amazing, environmental geo-spatial datasets from the Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Department of the Environment, and GeoScience Australia.

Data sets include:

Administrative Boundaries – Federal, State, Local, Post Codes
Statistical Boundaries – Federal, State, Local
Hydrography – rivers, streams, catchments
Transport infrastructure – roads, trains, waterways, airports
Utilities infrastructure – pipelines, powerlines
Geocoding (name -> pos)
Reverse Geocoding (pos -> name)
Terrain Features – caves, pinnacles
Climate Change – historical, simulations
Species Data
Elevation
Vegetation
Land Use
Industry
Parks
Heritage
Natural Resources
Geospatial health information
Imagery

The event is free and open to anyone, but will be of particular interest to those who would like to develop environment-related apps and services.

Prizes include shopping vouchers to the value of:

First prize: $1000
Second prize: $500 (must use Foundation Spatial Data Framework –FSDF, Admin Boundaries)
Third prize: $200
Other prizes: 3 x $100 and various other non-voucher prizes

Please note, to be eligible, a significant part of the project presented on the day must have been completed at one of the event’s official locations on the event day (it’s OK to come along with something that has been started beforehand). All entries must use one of the specifically provided data sets for the event. Judges discretion will be used to ensure that these criteria have been met. Data sets and services will be available before the Envirohack day. Check the Eventbrite page for details.

For more info and to register, go to: https://envirohack.eventbrite.com.au.