Hackfest #locateHack

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Where Friday 18 March am –5pm Hackfest Locations Canberra – NICTA Canberra Research Laboratory 7 London Circuit, Canberra 2601 Sydney -NICTA Building – Level 4 Seminar room, 13 Garden Street Eveleigh 2015 Perth – SpaceCubed: OpenSpace, Ground Floor,45 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 (Launch time from 7:30am to 9am) Melbourne – Spatial Vision, Level 4, 575 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Gold Coast – TAFE Queensland Gold Coast Coomera Campus, 198 Foxwell Road Coomera, QLD 4209

Hexagon - Best use of SMART M.app $3000 cash prize and professional mentoring valued at $1000 PSMA - Best Use of Location Information $1,000 cash prize and Professional mentoring value of $1000 Landgate – Best use of Open Data from WA $ 4,000 of professional mentoring Prizes

Best use of Open Data from Western Australia Access to a Landgate Business Development mentor for 6-months and the Landgate Innovation program to support the further development of the winning project (valued at $4,000)

To qualify for taking-out this prize you need to use one or more data sources from the new Open Data Service Or visit slip.landgate.wa.gov.au See data.wa.gov.au Connect to data here Or here

Datasets and supporting information is located on: hackfest/ hackfest/ Note: GNAF – Geocoded National Address File is now an national open dataset and is a fantastic resource: Data

Event Roadmap Approximately 56 hours to get your entry completed Friday: Register teams and get started on your ideas: - Problem - Audience - Communication Method - Data Saturday: Finalise the Story - Start on short video - Complete your project storyboard - Build the ‘hack’ app Sunday: Finalise the Hack App Finalise the Video and story to describe the hack app Submit by 5pm

Start with the following: Make a team and register it devpost.com/ (you submit here as well) devpost.com/ Identify data sets you will use and any open source libraries (check IP and usage restrictions) Choose an prize categorie – Check if these prize categories have data requirements Start creating

Submitting your entry A descriptive project page, Team members, details about your project, what data sets have been used and what competition categories that you are going for. One member must be over 18 or a guardian must be registered to facilitate prizes IP Ideally open source code is preferred but if prior IP used please state on submission Video Demonstrating your hack in action for the judging panel!

Judging Criteria Specific prize eligibility criteria detailed (if any) e.g. data use, team criteria The relevance to the team nominated category definition Best problem solving result includes the extent to which the application could impact the user’s productivity. Innovation -Structure and design (including standards compliance) Usability (including documentation and ease of use)

Awards Prizes will be announced at the VIP Awards at the Locate 2016 Conference on the 11th April.

Where to go for help? Questions, comments, mentions can be directed to Twitter account (use #Locatehack), or

Rules (the fine print) You agree to only include code, data, or other materials in a submission for the hackfest contest that you have the right to use and release Don’t do bad things potentially false, defamatory, privacy invasive or overtly political; material which is potentially confidential, commercially sensitive, or which would cause personal distress or loss; any commercial endorsement, promotion of any product, service or publication; language which is offensive, obscene or otherwise inappropriate; or material which is potentially confidential, commercially sensitive, or which would cause personal distress or loss; any commercial endorsement, promotion of any product, service or publication; misleading, deceptive, violate a third party’s rights or are otherwise contrary to law. We reserve the right to reject submissions that do not comply with the letter and spirit of these rules.

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