vip sf hackathon 2014 03-28 (1)

VIP HackathonMarch 28, 2014

developers.google.com/civic-information

About me

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Fumi YamazakiProgram manager

Civic Innovation team, Googlefumiy@google.com

https://plus.google.com/+FumiYamazaki/

Why does Google care?

Search traffic for "where do I vote"

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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 google-civicinfo-api@googlegroups.com

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● 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

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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

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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 Civic Information APIChange.org

change.org

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

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