The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Development Bureau
Geospatial App Development Hackathon 2022
Details
Organisers
- Geospatial Lab
- Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee)
Objective
This 4-day workshop will assist you to explore spatial data and Geographic Information System (GIS) to develop geospatial apps for solving real-life problems.
You will explore free analytics tools or widgets of proprietary platforms to build compelling apps that showcase your maps and spatial data on the web or mobile phone. You are also required to work and learn in groups to balance the skills and complement the strength of your team members.
You will explore free analytics tools or widgets of proprietary platforms to build compelling apps that showcase your maps and spatial data on the web or mobile phone. You are also required to work and learn in groups to balance the skills and complement the strength of your team members.
Intended Audience
All students in tertiary education with a keen interest in GIS and geospatial app development.
Prior knowledge of GIS and programming skills are not required.
Prior knowledge of GIS and programming skills are not required.
*Activities
* Due to typhoon, the schedule has been updated
02 July 2022 (Sat)
Basic concept of spatial data & web/mobile app development using AGOL builders
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Venue: Geospatial Lab
(Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon)
02 July 2022 (Sat)
03 July 2022 (Sun)
Basic concept of spatial data & web/mobile app development using AGOL builders
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Venue: Geospatial Lab
(Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon)
05 July 2022 (Tue)
Use API to obtain spatial data & visualise them with Power BI/Tableau
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Venue: IVE (Lee Wai Lee)
(3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories)
05 July 2022 (Tue)
10 July 2022 (Sun)
Web/mobile app development using AGOL builders
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Venue: Geospatial Lab
(Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon)
16 July 2022 (Sat)
31 July 2022 (Sun)
Presentation Day
Time: 14:00 - 18:00
Venue: Geospatial Lab
(Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon)
16 July 2022 (Sat)
31 July 2022 (Sun)
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Cantonese, supplemented by English teaching materials |
*Participants are required to attend all modules conducted in 4 days and finally submit an app by group effort.
Registration Details
- Please register via the registration link
- Application Deadline: 24 June 2022 18:00
- Quota: 25 (first-come-first-served)
- Free of charge
- Successful applicants will be notified individually by phone or email
*Geospatial Lab reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the activity
Enquiries
Please contact the Geospatial Lab via 3708 7260, WhatsApp 9187 2916 or email services@csdigeolab.gov.hk
