UK Government Sponsors a Data Mashup Contest

This could be interesting – the UK government is sponsoring a Show Us a Better Way contest.  Basically they are running a contest where you can submit ideas to which make better use of public information in the form of mashups, KPIs, visualisations etc.  The site points you to a variety of public data which you can use for your prototype and the how-to post gives example of some of the development frameworks you might use, for example Popfly or Yahoo Pipes. 

And there’s a £20,000 prize up for grabs! According to the site faqs the closing date is end of September 08.

Technorati tags: mashup, government, popfly, yahoo pipes google code

Londonist Map – Free Wifi in London

The Londonist has a nice map mashup showing free WiFi hotspots in London, which you can see here.  It’s been put together using My Maps Plus.  If you are interested in creating your own map you can get started by registering at Map Channels.

Quick Update – as I was posting this Mike Gunderloy posted a piece about another new service called Click2Map, billed as “a new way to build your Google Maps”.  Also worth a look.

Technorati tags: London, Maps, WiFi