Hey Rick, Do you know the whereabouts of any of this data?
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Rick Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I have zero time to either write much, or even explore new ideas these > days, but I think an area that would be very interesting to map into a > graph model is campaign finance. > > Showing the relationship of donors to politicians and their committees > and the fiscal relationships between politicians could provide great > insights into some of the "why" things happen the way they do. > > You could also geocode the donors and politicians (their addresses are > in the reports), and you could show employers on the graph (employers > are listed in the US forms as well). > > If someone has the time and is looking for a good application of how to > use Open Data with a graph model, that is a project I would vote for. > I've been wanting to do it ever since the last election, but can't seem > to find the time to sit down, download the reports, and feed them into a > model or visualization tool. > > > > Hi all, > > > > Sorry if this is off topic. I am the editor of the Open Data Manual[0]. > > It's > > an ever improving manual on how to go about open data. At the moment, > it's > > mostly focused on government data, but that is changing. > > > > A great enhancement would be some information on graphs. In particular, > an > > outline of moving data housed in relational tables into a graph would be > > excellent. The manual has a large readership and it could be a great way > > to > > become a published author.* If you would like to assist, please email me > > off the list. > > > > Tim McNamara > > Professional \\ paperlessprojects.com > > Personal \\ @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks> | > > timmcnamara.co.nz > > > > [0] http://opendatamanual.org > > > > * We're investigating options for creating printed material, but that > > hasn't > > happened yet. > > _______________________________________________ > > Neo4j mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > > > > > -- > Rick Otten > [email protected] > O=='=+ > > > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list [email protected] https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user
