Comments on: OS consultation http://idealgovernment.com/2010/01/os-consultation/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gammydodger http://idealgovernment.com/2010/01/os-consultation/comment-page-1/#comment-4281 gammydodger Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:08:08 +0000 http://idealgovernment.com/?p=1991#comment-4281 I've recently been looking at http://www.pachube.com/ from Connected Environments recently - if the government won't do it, then it will begin to happen in the private sector. All it will take is a service like Pachube being fed by say Tracker or other in-car GPS devices and you could provide a real time map of UK traffic speeds and road utilization. There are a couple of iPhone Apps that are acquiring public data to be shared: Potholes And Repairs? Boston Has An App For That (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120999393) Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114359604) If the government don't do it, the private sector will find a way. I’ve recently been looking at http://www.pachube.com/ from Connected Environments recently – if the government won’t do it, then it will begin to happen in the private sector.

All it will take is a service like Pachube being fed by say Tracker or other in-car GPS devices and you could provide a real time map of UK traffic speeds and road utilization.

There are a couple of iPhone Apps that are acquiring public data to be shared:

Potholes And Repairs? Boston Has An App For That (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120999393)

Track Those Tax Dollars In An ‘Augmented Reality’ (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114359604)

If the government don’t do it, the private sector will find a way.

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