On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Elias Bizannes <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Pamela Fox has just created a really useful mashup that shows the bush > fires in Australia. You can check it out and some of the lessons from > the experience on my blog: > > http://liako.biz/2009/02/data-portability-allows-mashup-for-australian-bush-fire-crisis/ > > But as it turns out, only the Victorian bush fire service supports RSS > (the format enabling this mashup). > > Given this type of crisis happens every year in every state, we should > do something about it. > Does the community have access to people that can allow us to better > respond in the future without losing time? We can help bring them up > to date with modern data standards > Elias, I have contacts in NSW SES at an area level and some local bush fireys - suspect that it may take a bit of grass-roots action (emergency services management are somewhat political and posessive). Happy to contribute to the project - hosting, promotion, whatever. I'm thinking overall natural disaster watch per state and federally, with filters for fire/flood/cyclone-hurricane - as realtime as we can make it, with maps for visualisation. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
