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Contactez-nous en nous écrivant à info@montrealouvert.net. Prière d’intituler votre message « REQUÊTE MÉDIAS ». Nous apprécions vos échéanciers et nous efforcerons de répondre à votre demande dans les plus brefs délais. OpenData Public Research, University of Toronto, Open Access Week, 25/11/2011. Apps · AppsPourOttawa. How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life. Major city governments across North America are looking for ways to share civic data — which normally resides behind secure firewalls — with private developers who can leverage it to serve city residents via web and mobile apps.

How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life

Cities can spend on average between $20,000 and $50,000 — even as much as $100,000 — to cover the costs of opening data, but that's a small price to pay when you consider how much is needed to develop a custom application that might not be nearly as useful. Here are a few examples of initiatives that are striving to make city governments more efficient and transparent through open data. Ville d'Ottawa - Données ouvertes Ottawa.