San Francisco Launches City App Store

[Matt Gillooly]

Mashable has a guest post was written by San Francisco Mayor Gavin
Newsom, detailing the launch of a City App Store, the DataSF App
Showcase, a new web site that highlights and centralizes software
applications created from City data.

http://mashable.com/2009/09/25/san-francisco-app-store/

"A number of apps have already been created from government data and
are featured in the Showcase with others in development. Check out an
interactive crime map with San Francisco Crimespotting, or EcoFinder,
an iPhone app that helps residents recycle based on their location or
Routesy, an app that helps people find their way around the Bay Area’s
transit systems in real time...We understand the key to creating more
apps is making more City data available to the public. The initial
phase of DataSF includes more than 100 datasets, from a range of City
departments, including Police, Public Works, and the Municipal
Transportation Agency. This is just scratching the surface. We are
working with departments to free as much city data as possible."