Hackathon and Open Data

open data: The Canadian government will hold its second annual hackathon challenge next month, with $40,000 in prize money available for the Canadian programmers who develop the most innovative applications for publicly available government data, according to CTV. The hackathon is predicated on Canada open data practices, which involve all levels of government making their accumulated statistical data available to the public in raw form. That includes information like weather records, immigration patterns, job trends and income rates by neighbourhood and Call it a numbers game with a big payout. The Canadian Open Data Experience event is a two-day hackathon that challenges programmers to use open data to produce something new and helpful to the public. Sponsored by the federal government and run by software developer XMG Studios, 015 is a 48-hour theme-based challenge that will launch across the country on Feb. 20. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.