thats excellent. There's no proof, but its scientific fact. By providing unqualified data I think it makes the case for qualified data. Im too busy atm, but im sure an ill considered mashup would get in the national press.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Anthony Cartmell <[email protected]>wrote: > Would it be inappropriate to do a gmaps mashup with this >> http://www.fixmystreet.com/reports and big red blobs on the map for >> worst offending councils? >> > > We "cheated" on FillThatHole.org.uk and decided to publish a council > league table even though technically it doesn't have much statistical > validity. > > http://www.fillthathole.org.uk/league-table > > What it has done is get councils, well, some of them, seriously interested > in helping to keep our database up-to-date. Pressure from local newspaper > reporters is the usual route to cooperation! We make sure that we explain > the pitfalls in the data to the reporters, and they usually get the point > but publish the results anyway... > > Would still like to have our first XML-RPC link to a council database, but > I think that's some years off still. This looks interesting: > http://wiki.open311.org/GeoReport_v2 > > Anthony > -- > www.fonant.com - Quality web sites > Fonant Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company No. 7006596 > Registered office: Grafton Lodge, 15 Grafton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, > BN11 1QR > -- -- -- Steve Power Principal Consultant Mobile: +44 (0) 7747 027 243 Fax: +44 (0)160 421 2871 Skype: steev_initsix www.initsix.co.uk :: Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited -- This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited Registered in the UK: 5036938 Registered Address: 243 Kettering Road, Northampton, NN2 7DU, England.
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