Here are some useful resource links
Data sources
- The Urban Opus data Hub: http://hub.urbanopus.net
- 70 datasets (static) – health, transport usage, schools, crime, parking meters, bike theft …………
- 200+ sensors (live) – weather, air quality, tweets, transit ………
- Hub API doc: http://hub.urbanopus.net/apidocs/
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Canada Open Government Portal – http://open.canada.ca/en
- Some examples include ……
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OpenDataBC- http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/
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City of Vancouver Data Portal – http://data.vancouver.ca
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Other Metro data portals
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Surrey BC – http://data.surrey.ca/
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North Vancouver – http://geoweb.dnv.org/
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City of Langley – https://data.tol.ca/
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Mojio API – https://developer.moj.io/
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Fitbit API – http://dev.fitbit.com
Tools and services
- Node RED
- Development tool that can be hosted on laptops, raspberry pis, and FRED
- FRED
- Hosting for Node RED – http://fred.sensetecnic.com
- Cloud hosting services
- IBM Bluemix – http://www-01.ibm.com/software/bluemix/
- terminal.com
- koding.com
- Collaboration software and Version Control
- Github – https://github.com/urbanopus for source code, wiki
- Slack
- Visualizations
- Urban Opus Data Hub – has a built in dashboard and viz service
- WoTKit sandbox http://wotkit.sensetecnic.com
- Online dashboards:
Hardware
We’ll have the following available for the Hackathon
- Raspberry Pi B – wifi, enclosure, GPIO breakout, power supply
- Raspberry Pi B+ – wifi, power supply
- Raspberry Pi 2B
- 3 Arduinos, ethernet shield, wifi shield
- Sensor kits, proximity, light, weather, vibration, etc..
- 2 LCD displays
- Servo Motors
- TI Sensor Tag
- Writable NFC tags
- Breadboard
- Jumper wires
- LEDs
- Phidgets board, sensors, servos
- USB controlled servo motors
- Other parts and tools.