This reminds me of a story about public parking spaces in Ann Arbor. They had a live data feed of parking spaces available a few years ago. Someone used it to create a phone service that would tell you the available spaces and text when a space opened in a garage.
I can't remember what her position was, but some women decided that was a service the city should be responsible for. Instead of building the service, she decided that they should shut down the data feed.
It amazes me that someone could come to that conclusion, even after realizing the usefulness of the service. How could she not see that someone created something of use to the residents of the city that the city probably would have never provided or even thought of providing? I would expect that after seeing what people can do with open data, she would look for other things to open up.
I can't remember what her position was, but some women decided that was a service the city should be responsible for. Instead of building the service, she decided that they should shut down the data feed.
It amazes me that someone could come to that conclusion, even after realizing the usefulness of the service. How could she not see that someone created something of use to the residents of the city that the city probably would have never provided or even thought of providing? I would expect that after seeing what people can do with open data, she would look for other things to open up.
I don't know what happened after that.