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Welcome to Envirohack

Envirohack is a one-day hackfest for developing software which uses Australian geospatial environmental data sets and services.

Data sets and services that will be featured on the day include ones from Geoscience Australia, Department of Environment, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Bureau of Statistics, PSMA and CSIRO.

The event is on Friday 29 Nov and is being run by the Australian Federal Government's Office of Spatial Policy (OSP) and National ICT Australia (NICTA). This is part of an initiative by ANZLIC and OSP to build a Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) making it easier for companies, government and individuals to access and use government spatial information.

To register, go to http://envirohack.eventbrite.com.

Here are the main links for use on the day (and for preparing for it):

• Data sets and services
• More data sources
• Ideas for the Hackfest
• FSDF Data Model and Topology (official data product used for hackfest)
• Envirohack Facebook page (for ideas for hacking and discussions and photos on the day)
• Twitter #envirohack
• Schedule and other details for the day
• Data formats, protocols and references
• Sample code and coding tutorials
• Data conversion tools
• Feedback on the data sets and services
• [Design Thread UX, IA, IxD] (https://github.com/NICTA/fsdf-hackfest/wiki/Design-thread-(UX,-IA,-IxD)
• [Competition entries] (https://github.com/NICTA/fsdf-hackfest/wiki/Entries)