3rd Mashup Camp has Urban Planning Flavor
GigaOM notes that it’s time for the 3rd Mashup Camp held here in Boston this week. On tap are sessions and geek games for programmers. He does note that two competitions from FutureBoston focus on mapping mashups for future urban planning.
In addition to the best mashup contest, FutureBOSTON is hosting two competitions at Mashup Camp centered around creating prototypes of urban planning tools for the future. Winners will receive cash prizes plus support for continuing development of their tools.
It’s no surprise that a mashup contest might focus on urban planning with its intensive use of geographic data. Geo-enabling an app by adding in data from Google Maps or another GIS represents the most common and obvious kind of mashup. One of the first web mashups, HousingMaps, combines Google maps data with real estate rental and sale listings from Craigslist.
Will mapping mashup continue to lead the pack? Why do they now? Is it about the good tech/data available? Or is there pent up demand no seen in other mashup-able topics?
