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VIP HackathonMarch 28, 2014
developers.google.com/civic-information
About me
developers.google.com/civic-information
Fumi YamazakiProgram manager
Civic Innovation team, [email protected]
https://plus.google.com/+FumiYamazaki/
Why does Google care?
Search traffic for "where do I vote"
developers.google.com/civic-information
Google Civic Information API
● voterInfoQuery● Location ⇒ Polling Place, Early Vote Location,
Ballot Info, Local Election Officials developers.google.com/civic-information● Need more quota? Form off the APIs Console● Join the Google Group to share + get support [email protected]
developers.google.com/civic-information
● Election ID: 2000 This is test data.● NYC addresses return polling places.● Try KS addresses for candidates:
1176 SW HIGH AVE TOPEKA KS 66604-39571408 SW BYRON ST TOPEKA KS 66604-28319519 JOHNSON DR MERRIAM KS 66203-314311620 W 118TH TER OVERLAND PARK KS 66210-2039
● Expected polling place publishing dates:○ Primary Election: August 27 (Election 4010)○ General Election: October 17 (Election ID TBD)
For NYC Mayoral 2013
developers.google.com/civic-information
Open Source ProjectsVoter Information Tool
Open Source ProjectsElection Results
Open Source Projects
● Voter Information: code.google.com/p/voter-info-tool
● Election Results Maps: code.google.com/p/election-maps
Google Civic Information APIWho represents me?
● representativeInfoQuery● Location ⇒ federal, state, county and
municipal elected officials
developers.google.com/civic-information
Google Civic Information APIMap Your Representatives
http://mapyourreps.appspot.com/
Google Civic Information APIMap Your Representatives
http://mapyourreps.appspot.com/
Impact Hub 901 Mission StSan Francisco
Google Civic Information APIRepresentatives
http://mapyourreps.appspot.com/
Google Fusion Tables
● Online tables for big data● Visualizations: chart, map, network graph● Google Drive Integration● Find public data and merge● Free developer API
google.com/fusiontables
Freebase & Knowledge Graph
Freebase & Knowledge Graph
An entity graph of people, placesand things, built by a community that loves open data.
● Powers the Knowledge Graph● Community-defined structured schemas● Open for addition and edits
freebase.com
Google Cloud Platform
All of Voting Information Project hackathon participants receives $500 of credit to build app
http://cloud.google.com/starterpack1. Click Apply Now2. Complete the form with this promo code:
voting-hack
cloud.google.com
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