Mashup is a web page or application that combines data or functionality from two or more external sources to create a new service. Mashups can be an important tool for the government to collect, data or information, or locate different services on the global map. It is an important tool for making maps about different institutions and places. it can be helpful in locating weather information and military posts. Mashups can be a very useful tool in fight against Taliban in Afghanistan. For example, using mashup application you can locate different areas on the map were there were intensive fighting and road side bombings against the coalition forces. all this information you can provide in one map and can decide what strategy to adopt.
Mashups can be an important tool for being connected to the government itself. Many mashups are created to locate the congress members name home address etc. there are mashups that track where most of the tax payers money is invested. For example, Congress facebook, is a mashup tool which is developed to emulate a social networking platform for Congress. It uses over 10 application programing interface and links to: news, blogs, comments, bio information, voting records, campaign finance and more. Its also useful in political campaigns. for example, you can create a mashup describing president Obama's campaign finances on the map. It would be easier for the public to and the government to know where most of the money flows from and where President Obama has a strong hold.
In summary, Mashup is an extremely useful tool on the internet to gather information and data from different sources and bring them all in one platform. It serves government as well as the public, not only domestically but also internationally. Below are some of the links for some cool mashups that i find to be cool, enjoy.
1. http://congressspacebook.com/
2. http://www.webcamvue.com/webcam_countries.asp?country_name=united_states&initial=US
3. http://www.mibazaar.com/unsafecities/
4. http://www.programmableweb.com/mashup/50-top-us-medical-schools
5. http://dev.benedictoneill.com/bbc/
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I agree with your perspective on the improvements to the government’s use of information, example the Obama government. However, it is not clear to me how it serves in explaining international governance. For instance, mashups serve international governance by it allows information technology (ITs) to grow in the public sector resulting in improved communication; a government to government connection (G2G), government to business (G2B), and government to consumer (G2C), as mentioned in the readings by Holliday. Mashups serve international governance by making it more cost effective and efficient.
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Saiema.
Hello! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Congress Space Book is an interesting site. Do you know if it was implemented by the Obama government? Obama's concept of government transparency is, I believe, what every citizen wants of its government. But sometimes I wonder if people actually visit the sites and examine the budget spending charts. Is there really a point in posting budget reports if no one reads them?
Maybe it serves the purpose of providing us a peace of mind? And maybe the this way, all evidence of "wrongdoings" are immortalized on the web?