Gov 2.0 - Recent Updates

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Pia Waugh writes: 

In other open data news, we have been chatting to open data people in governments all around Australia, from Federal agencies and departments, State/Territory Government representatives and a number of Local Governments. We are pulling together with them something of an informal report on the state of open data in Australia at the moment, as there is a lot happening and a lot planned. Below is a bit of a taste of the good work happening around Australia at the moment, and kudos to the excellent work of all involved!

• National
  • Launch of the Updated Digital Economy paper which explicitly talks about data.gov.au, open data (including opening up the G-NAF spatial data set) and big data. See section 10 in the report.
  • Launch of new data.gov.au in July 2013
  • An Australian Linked Data Working Group was established
  • The February 2013 report on the state of open data in Australia by the Information Commissioner Open public sector information: from principles to practice
• New South Wales – launch of http://data.nsw.gov.au/ in June 2013 and draft NSW Government Open Data Policy consulted on in June 2013
• South Australia – launch of http://data.sa.gov.au/ in June 2013 and have been releasing an enormous amount of new and high value datasets
• Queensland – launch of http://data.qld.gov.au/ in February 2013 – they also have aschedule for release of data by all QLD Government Departments
• Victoria:
  • Launched http://www.data.vic.gov.au/ in 2010
  • Aug 2012 - release of the DataVic Access Policy and the Intellectual Property Policy
  • April 2013 - release of the DataVic Access Policy Standards and Guidelines
  • July 2013 - integration of the Spatial DataMart and Data.Vic completed with access to over 500 spatial data sources (previously restricted) - current total over 1000 data records
• Western Australia – new version of SLIP (New SLIP) in planning over coming 6 months
• Tasmania – have been working primarily on spatial data requirements for the state for the last year
• Australian Capital Territory – launched http://data.act.gov.au/ late last yeara:
• UPDATE: The ACT Government released their Open Data policy on GitHubhttp://t.co/sOjST8pk0S
• Community – GovHack 2013 ran in June with 130 projects and over 1000 participants in 8 cities nationally. Also recently was the Random Hacks of Kindness competition in Melbourne and Sydney City Data Slam.
• New Zealand – The NZ Government have created some excellent open data case studies that we highly recommend, including one where the release of traffic density data led to improved prediction of GDP growth and decline in the New Zealand economy.

One But Many

Winer of the 2013 GovHack contest.

The Brisbane-based group, Hack the Evening was awarded $1,000 for their project One, but many which took information from the Archives’ Passenger Arrivals Index (PAI) and combined it with historical statistics to create an application to help users learn more about Australia’s migration history.  The application used a virtual map to show migration departures from ports around the world during the period 1921-1949; and by using additional high-band video footage, Wikipedia information and historical data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the group aimed to show what events might have influenced migration patterns, including those to Australia. A full report on GovHack can be found here. A Full list of projects is available here.

Re-Emigration

Re-Emigration is a term used to describe a process whereby people arrive in one country and- rather than stopping - move on to another country. I'm sure its a very common practice in many parts of the world. However it somehow seems to defy our nation-state bound imagination. Especially in Australia. After a brief period of anxiety in the mid-nineteneth century- peaking in 1849 in the context of migrants moving on to the Californian Goldfields - the concept almost disappeared form our national imaginary.

http://dhistory.org/querypic/72/

With thanks to Tim Sherratt's Query Pic Tool.

Soundwalk Collective

LAST BEAT
Recordings from Berghain, Berlin, 2012
Over the past ten years, Soundwalk Collective has won international recognition for their work of abstracting and re-composing narrative sound pieces through fragments of reality, and by forging evocative journeys in sound that are exhibited in the form of sound installation and performance.
During the month of April 2012 the Collective was given access to the club and the sound systems of Berghain and Panoramabar, 4 days during daytime, and 1 weekend during the regular events.
The Collective prepared a selection of frequencies and rhythm patterns that were used to make each part of the building vibrate.
By sending frequency sweeps to the sound system, at a volume between 98dB SPL and 108 dB SPL, each interior surface of the building reacted by filtering the sound and producing new harmonics, vibrations and textures, that are normally unheard by the human ear.


Sounwalk Collective live performance of MEDEA during Lille Fantastique festival, october 2012. France.
Performed inside an old boat, with 8 tape machines, 12 TV sets, 6 hands, 6 ears, 1 mixer, 100s of tape loops.
Filmed and edited by Dasha Redkina.
http://vredkinahda.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/m-e-d-e-a-2/

ULYSSES SYNDROME
Recordings from the Mediterranean Sea 2009-2011
SPRING 2012 RELEASE

Ulysses' Syndrome Live at La Nuit Blanche, Paris 2010 - by Xavier Arias from Soundwalk Collective on Vimeo.

In the Fall of 2009 the Soundwalk collective embarked aboard an old gaff rigged sailboat equipped with scanners and aerial antennae for a sound odyssey recording the hertzian frequencies along the shores of the Mediterranean basin. Soundwalk continuously scanned and recorded all possible radio interceptions over a range of 40 miles around the boat while close to shore and far out at sea.

he 1500 hours of sonic material recorded captures the essence of the Mediterranean coasts: conversations of Libyan fishermen on Greek cargo ships, passing yachts on the Corsican coast, customs officers off the Bay of Naples, voices and whispers, excerpts of music, distant radio noises and morse code communication. The resulting work is resonant of Homer's Odyssey in the form of a sonic fresco totaling 24 hours.

The performance consists of a live onstage sound composition during which the originally recorded material is manipulated in real-time accompanied by live synchronized video projection(s). The resulting experience is an immersive environment produced live by musicians and new media artists who reinvent and excite the raw material using turntables, laptops, and other customized media and sound objects.

Sydney-Melbourne - by plane and bike

Sydney:

T1 International Terminal

At T1 International Terminal bicycle racks are located at both ends of the terminal building. To view a map indicating the location of these bicycle racks please refer to the T1 International Bike Rack Map. 

There are publicly accessible shower facilities located within T1 International Terminal.

T2 and T3 Domestic Terminals

At T2 and T3 Domestic Terminals undercover bicycle racks are centrally located at 5^th Street adjacent to the public pick-up area. To view a map indicating the location of the T2 and T3 bicycle racks please refer to the Domestic Bike Rack Location Map.

Useful links

• SydneyCycleways provides cycling route maps and information about cycling in Sydney, including safety advice.
• The City Of Sydney website includes information and resources about the cities bicycle network, free cycling classes and news.
• OpenCycleMap is a large collection of cycling routes created by the community.

Melbourne: 
Designated bicycle racks are located on the ground level of the short term airport car park

Bike and train

Follow the cycle path route to Moonee Ponds Creek. Once on the bike path, the first bridge you go under is Pascoe Vale Road. Pascoe Vale station is just here, on the other side of the creek. Bikes are allowed on trains (except during peak hours). The train will take you to all major stations in the city. A zone 1, two-hour ticket costs $3.20.

http://320kb.wordpress.com

http://320kb.wordpress.com represents electronic music from Romania, Moscow, Bulgaria, Berlin, Italy, France, London - the European underground.

The site mostly promotes new 12" vinyl releases from labels that often don't appear in major online retail outlets (Juno, Beatport, Boomkat, Honest Jons etc). Only are few are available digitally.

Here are links to some of the podcasts represented by http://320kb.wordpress.com.

Some recent electronic music records

These records are recommendations from Ron Morelli, the man behind New York label L.I.E.S (Long Island Electrical Systems). L.I.E.S was voted "best record label of 2012" by British online record retailer Juno. The interview with Morelli was published here, in November 2012.

v/a American Noise, LIES 017

A	Torn Hawk –	This Is Crime & Lace
B1	Marcos Cabral –	Tio Rico
B2	Delroy Edwards –	Feelings

DJ Sotofett ‎– Pulehouse

Label:

Wania ‎– WANIA 97

Y1		Pulehouse (Reggi-Mix)
W1		Stå Opp Med Sola (Chiang Mai Versjon)
W2		Åsså Med Den Derre Fløyta (Video Bootleg Med Den Elektriske Fløyta)

Function Vs Jerome Sydenham ‎– White Light (Remixes)

A1		White Light (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) Remix – Planetary Assault Systems
A2		White Light (Silent Servant Remix) Remix – Silent Servant
B		Drift (Xhin Remix)

D. J. Rush, Reactor

from D.J. Rush ‎– Childs Play LP, Dance Mania ‎– DM 042, 1991.

A1		Childs Play
A2		Cruising
B1		Microchip
B2		The Reactor
B3		Over The Edge