#codingdavinci

One small step for man – one giant leap for nature on planet Earth.

Save the Date: Coding DaVinci Nord – 6 Wochen ab 17.9.16

[Update Okt 2017] Hier sind schöne Projekte entstanden:

Chronoscope Hamburg >> Europäisches Kulturerbeprojekt 2018

Dransfeld Reloaded – Hamburger Staatsbauten von Fritz Schuhmacher et al.

Koppmann Reloaded – Hamburg 1883

Klang der Sterne >> Coding Da Vinci Preis: Most Unusual Use of Data

Weitere Projekte auf Hackdash/cdvnord

More and more museums, libraries, galleries and archives are digitizing their collections to make them accessible online and to preserve our heritage for future generations. By January 2014, over 30 million objects have been made available via Europeana - among which over 4,5 million records were contributed from German institutions.

With the contribution of open data and content, cultural institutions provide tools for the doers and thinkers of today, thus cultural heritage is not only to be admired, but through their use more cultural and economic value can be added.

Coding da Vinci, the first German open cultural data hackathon will take place in Berlin to bring together both cultural heritage institutions and the hacker & designer community to develop ideas and prototypes for the cultural sector and the public. Coding da Vinci is a 10-week challenge running from the 26th of April until the 06th of July following the motto “Let them play with your toys!” (Jo Pugh, National Archives UK). All projects will be presented online, and the best hacks will be awarded at the end of the hackathon.

The participating GLAMs delivered a wide range of data, for example, urban images (incl. metadata) of Berlin in the 18th and 19th century, scans of shadow boxes that contain insects, and Jewish address-books from the 1930s in Germany. In addition, the German Digital Library will provide its API to the participants of the hackathon.

For a limited number of participants, we cover travel and accommodation expenses - all you have to do is to apply now!

All prices, challenges and datasets will soon be presented online.

This hackathon is organized by:

German Digital Library, Service Centre Digitization Berlin, Open Knowledge Foundation Germany,Wikimedia Germany