Contact: Kelly Clausen, event organizer, 612-205-2500
Contact: Meg Knodl, event communications, 612-916-4665
Geo:Code 2.0 will connect civic-minded community members with geographers and
technologists to create solutions that improve public services, give residents better
access to government data and make a difference in Twin Cities communities. The
event is free and open to people with all backgrounds, skills and ideas.
Event details:
- Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- University of Minnesota Robert H. Bruininks Hall, Room 412
- 222 Pleasant
Street SE, Minneapolis
“Geo:Code
2.0 will provide community members with the opportunity to collaborate on
existing projects or jumpstart new ideas that improve the places we live, work
and play,” said Hennepin County District 3 Commissioner Marion Greene. “We are
excited to partner with organizations from all over the metro.”
Event
organizers want to generate a cross section of coders, cartographers, data visualizers, designers,
developers, dreamers, makers, mappers, students and technologists.
“You never know where a project will take you
or what skills will be needed,”
said event organizer Kelly Clausen. “It does not matter what you do, you have
something vital to contribute.”
Come for a few hours or the entire event
Participants
may stop in for a single workshop or stay for the entire two-day event. Space is
limited, so organizers ask all attendees to register in advance.
At the end
of the event, teams will present their projects. Possible projects include:
- Code
an open source project
- Design
visuals for public data sets
- Help
out with research
- Test
a website or solution
At the
first code-a-thon event in 2015, participants worked on eight
projects,
including:
- Guidelines
for creating accessible maps online
-
App
for bikers based on Open Street maps
- Tool to identify vacant lots that would be good candidates for
urban farming
Learn more
and register for Geo:Code 2.0 at www.hennepin.us/geocode.
This year’s
event is hosted by Open Twin Cities, Anoka County, Carver County, the Citizen’s
League, city of Minneapolis, city of St. Paul, Center for Urban and Regional
Affairs—University of Minnesota, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Metro GIS,
MnGeo, Ramsey County, Scott County and Washington County.
Media note: View/use photos from the 2015 Geo:Code event. Click on “Past event and projects.”
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