About this app

Proof of concept app for kids, learning about their environment with open data.

You can compare capitals of the world, and guess where more people live. The app includes data for all capitals, but pictures and audio for 20 of them, you can add your own pictures and sound for the rest.

Made for this competition: http://www.hackingforsustainability.nl
For now, it is a bit rough around the edges.

The game tries to let kids explore open data in a way that makes sense to them. No maps, coordinates, tables or graphs. Instead it's based on pictures of specific iconic locations, supported by audio and a simple question: "Here or there?"

When it entered the competition, it onlly contained Dutch content, since then we added population data for the capitals of the world.

With this app we like to show how open data can be used to create simple fun games, where teachers and parents can expand on the game content by simply adding pictures and audio.

The app comes with a limited set of data, but can be easily expanded on with many more in future versions.

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Open data set used:

1. Percentage of population with severe complaints for noise by neighbours, per municipality. Set produced in 2015

http://geodata.rivm.nl/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&typeName=alo:rivm_rc_ernhinburen&request=GetFeature&outputFormat=csv&srsName=EPSG:4326

2. 'clear sky' dataset via Simeon from Open State.

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Credits for the pictures

De dom, utrecht
licentie: moet credits geven
https://www.flickr.com/photos/icetea1234567/

Schiphol
https://www.flickr.com/photos/-jvl-/

Erasmusbrug
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fozzy_c/

De Biesbosch
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edwin-hoek/

Vlissingen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bertknot/

Amsterdam
https://www.flickr.com/photos/_dchris/

Paris
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/

Brasilia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/magusagnus/

Athens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127226743@N02/

Beijing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/

Buenos Aires
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewmilligansumo/

Kinshasa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa#/media/File:Kinshasa_-Gombe.JPG

Mexico City
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blok70/

Washington, D.C.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/taedc/

Moscow
https://www.flickr.com/photos/koraxdc/

Seoul
https://www.flickr.com/photos/photographingtravis/

Jakarta
https://www.flickr.com/photos/black_claw/

Bogotá
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arttesano/

Jamestown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jamestown_Saint_Helena_port.jpg

Funatufi
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/

Tarawa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rapidtravelchai/

Helsinki
https://www.flickr.com/photos/discoveringfinland/

Bomako
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bamako_037.jpg

Cairo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/honzasoukup/

CopenHagen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136020484@N03/

New features

- Added 'capitals of the world' data
- For 20 cities added pictures and audio
- App translated to English
- Some code updates to deal with city locations

App Permissions

Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.