Arts on the Map can be searched in a full screen map view (google maps or google earth) using a custom flash navigation overlay developed for the project. The default map view is Google Maps but some of the touring features are designed to take advantage of the Google Earth browser plug-in. Visitors can select one or more artform areas and one or more regions (state or territory) to refine their search of organiations. The ‘tour’ feature generates a custom KML of the search results to play an automated fly-around. A second navigation tab (Stories) enables digital story content searching and generates similar tours of published story content. The red kangaroos denote the location of arts organisation and white kangaroos show the location of stories published by these organisations.

Single image ‘digital postcard’ stories can be created and published from any email enabled mobile phone. Postcards created with GIS enabled phones are automatically located at the place the image was taken, providing a quick and simple way for organisations to send in updates about their activities from across Australia and internationally. The next stages of Arts on the Map will include support for Australia Council funded projects as well as exploring connections with other datasets made available through the Data Australia initiative.

We have created a user login for Mashup visitors to explore the user generated content features of Arts on the Map.

Username – MashupGuest
Password – MashupGuest

A PDF user guide and video is provided in the help menu.

Arts on the Map was developed by Feral Arts for the Australia Council for the Arts. It has been designed to integrate into the Australia Council’s website www.australiacouncil.gov.au but is hosted externally as part of Feral Arts’ PlaceStories system (www.placestories.com).

Currently this uses the Commonwealth Agency data released by the National Archives and the goal is to link this to all the other datasets that have been released.

Part one: 16 MashupAustralia lists in NeoGopher.
NeoGopher is a universa data browser developed in Melbourne, Australia and is designed to allow browsing of an HTTP web based API. NeoGopher is the intersection of linked data and the web. We have created 16 NeoGopher lists, each list presenting a data set from data.australia.gov.au. To see our MashupAustralia lists, download NeoGopher http://www.neogopher.com/downloads.shtml

Part two: 26 HTTP web based APIs.
We have converted CSV and XLS data from data.australia.gov.au into 26 HTTP web based XML APIs. These APIs are accessible by the public and support Xquery access including searching, sorting, paging and return compressed XML.

Cyclist trip counts acquired by electronic counters around Sydney have been hiding in an old and dusty Excel file. They have now been transformed, so they can be placed in their proper context, on a web based map where they belong. This data can be used to ascertain the need for new infrastructure or how any new infrastructure has increased the number of cyclists on particular routes. This assumes you also have the routes mapped and they are free for reuse.

The prime purpose here is to encourage Government departments around Australia to make cyclist routes available, as geo served maps, that are licensed for reuse. Likewise there are hundreds of cyclist count sites in Melbourne and Sydney that could be made available for reuse.

To use it, type a place name, an address or a suburb and click to search. If your favourite location is not on the map, zoom in and click on the place to add it.

It’s easy to add a new location as it can help you guess the address of the current location with the Google reverse geocode function. Once a new location is added, it can be immediately found by others.

If a location/place has incomplete, incorrect or inappropriate information, this mashup allows you to either edit or report it. This helps to improve the quality of location/place data.

It’s amazing what a stroll in the park could do for you, so let’s map your favourite fun places and help others to find them!

Our website is aimed to rise awareness of the climate change in state Victoria. Therefore name “Green Victoria” speaks for itself. Green government initiatives such as roadside cleanup and solar hot water systems installations are also part of this solution. List of major functionalities is outlined below:

• Read latest environment news;
• Check water consumption for Melbourne suburbs;
• Check solar hot water usage and carbon emissins in Victoria;
• View custom reports;
• Check roadside cleanup data;
• View you carbon footprint based on your travel habbits, electricity bill, recycling;
• Search and compare “smart” retailers to buy environmental friendly appliances;
• Search nearest recycling facilities;

Become a responsible citizen now!