Apps4Ottawa

To encourage meaningful and innovative uses of the City’s opendata collection, the City ran an App contest in 2010. By all accounts the contest was a tremendous and included 99 application submissions and over 100 idea submissions. The City thanks all participants and encourages residents and visitors to continue to explore the applications and ideas at the Apps4Ottawa website.

Contest Winners

The winners of the contest, selected by a seven member panel of judges across five categories, were announced on February 15, 2011 at Ottawa City Hall.

Best Overall App

Ekwa Jacob Duala-Ekoko for Ottawa Guide

People’s Choice App (tie)

Ekwa Jacob Duala-Ekoko for Ottawa Guide
Jonathan Rudenberg for Where’s my Bus

Best Student App

Tyler Pearce for OttawaFun.ca

Having Fun in Ottawa

Gold: Tyler Pearce for OttawaFun.ca
Silver: James DeMond for Ottawa Pastoral
Bronze: Thomas J. Bradley for Ottawa Dog Park Finder

Green Environment/Sustainability

Gold: Alec Mills for Collection Calendar
Silver: Chris Wise for GoLocavore
Bronze: Bill Wilson for Ottawa Recycles

Getting Around

Gold: Michael Russell for Ottawa Enroute
Silver: Ali Al-Munayer for My Oc Transpo
Bronze (tie): Philippe Guitard for Ottawa Pools and Ottawa Rinks

Community Building

Gold: Alex deVries for Ottawa Biking Problems
Silver: Fenqiang Zhuang for Browser Ottawa/Ottawa Account
Bronze: Shawn French for ShinnyApp

Economic Development

Gold: Ekwa Jacob Duala-Ekoko for Ottawa Guide
Silver: Samir Al-Battran for Ottawa Inside Out
Bronze: Mike Felepchuk for Temporals.com

Most Popular Ideas

Construction Ottawa: Magdalena Barys

Estimated Bus Location and Time: Mohamed Nur

Urgent Care!: Mike Kelly