1. It is important to know if there is real interest from the Chengdu community in open data. For example, does anyone care about bus routes or public transit – either to look at the data or build apps? If there is something you care about (e.g. transportation, environment, etc), then post a reply below and speak your mind.
I care. Not only because I might make use of the data myself, but because I think it’s something that should be available to anyone who wanna make use of it. Been looking into and contributing to OpenStreetMap lately. I think open data opens up lots of opportunities. Perhaps I won’t make use of OpenStreetMap data myself, but by contributing to it I enable others to make use of it. By contributing I help laying a foundation for others to use the data for applications, research, whatever. I see huge potential in OpenStreetMap and other kinds of open data.
So, what do you think? Does this sound cool?
Yes!