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Open Data

Use the current initiatives in the governments opening up data. 

h1. Overview

What do you do with data?
* Visualize
* Analyze
* Links
* Interchange

Why has it been so hard? 
 - each format is unique. Writing unique parsers
 - standard formats mean simplifying to broad use cases, while allowing for extensibility

h1. Formats

h2. Interchange
* GeoRSS
* CAP - Common Alert Protocol
* GeoJSON
* GPX

h2. Visualization
* KML / KMZ

h2. Analysis
* Shapefiles
* OGC Services

h2. A review

When do I use what again?

* File sizes
* Compatibility
* What does the data suggest?
* What does the user understand?

h1. Repositories

Where to find, or put, all this data?

* Google MyMaps API
* GeoCommons
* GeoNetwork
* ProgrammableWeb

h1. Conversion & Utilities