Developer Resources
This site provides a sampling of data, Web services, and resources that can help software developers make apps using EPA's data. See below for a sample of EPA's data sets, Web services, ideas for apps, and existing apps that use EPA data.
- Data Webinars - See six webinars about EPA’s data systems. Each one is half an hour long and the data owners describes formats, vocabulary, and data access methods.
- Data Resources – A list of resources for accessing federal government data and Web services.
- Data Sets – A subset of EPA's data sets which are made available in developer friendly formats.
- Services – A sample of Web services for accessing and using EPA data.
- Ideas for Apps – A list of identified user needs that could potentially be addressed by apps that use EPA data.
- Existing Apps – A sample of existing environmental apps that use EPA data.
Hold a code-a-thon!
You can hold a code-a-thon with a group of developers to make prototypes of apps in a half day or full day. Contact us or call us at 202-566-1686 and we can talk about how to set one up, promote it, and make it a success!
- Code-a-thon Toolkit: This Toolkit describes what you need to make a code-a-thon happen. (14pp, 393KB About PDF)
- Random Hacks of Kindness
This presentation provides details about how Random Hacks of Kindness holds hackathons to "hack on real-world problems relating to natural disaster risk and response. (25pp, 800KB About PDF)
- Data Resources
- Data Sets
- Services
- Ideas for Apps
- Existing Apps
- Apps for the Environment
- Challenge.gov site
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