Shortlisting of Apps4Fingal entries completed.
The Apps4Fingal judges met on 1st February to evaluate the entries to the competition.
The judges were very impressed with the excellent standard of entries received and have decided to shortlist the following entries under the various prize categories -
Community Category
Fingal Access Database by Ceall O'Dunlaing (ceall.com)
Fingal Traffic View by Anthony Nolan
Walk on the Bright Side by Peter Mooney
Enterprise Category
Discover Fingal by Visit Skerries
Fingal Fact Finder by Fadi Maali, Richard Cyganiak & Deirdre Lee
Mypp.ie by Ciaran Gilsenan / mypp media limited
Tourism Category
Discover Fingal by Visit Skerries
Fingal Day Tripper by David McNamara
Hit The Road : Fingal by Commutable Ltd.
Student Award
Castle Master by Gofran Shukair & Lukasz Porwol
Fingal Day Tripper by David McNamara
Fingal GeoWand by Ricky Jacob
Ideas Award
Fingal Coastal Tourism App (#30) by Joe Corr
Fingal Deals App (#18) by Amy
Taxi Angel (#33) by Darragh Kirby
An Awards ceremony will take place to showcase competition entries, highlight the shortlisted entries and announce the winners - we will confirm the date, time and venue shortly.
8th February, 2012
The apps4fingal competition is now closed.
Thanks to all who entered the competition. We received 23 Apps entries and 36 Ideas entries and we are very pleased with this response.
The breakdown of entries received for the various competition categories is as follows -
- Community - 14 entries
- Enterprise - 6 entries
- Tourism - 11 entries
- Student - 4 entries
- Ideas - 36 entries
We have published the Apps entries and the Ideas entries to the site - have a look and see the great Apps and Ideas that entrants have come up with using data from Fingal Open Data.
We are now moving on to the judging stage of the competition.
The judges will meet on 1st February to evaluate the Apps4Fingal entries.
The Award ceremony for Apps4Fingal is currently being organised at which the winners will be announced. We are finalising arrangements and expect it to be held in mid to late February.
10th January, 2012
€11,000 in prizes to be won
apps4fingal is a competition for developers to create mobile and/or online apps based on Fingal Open Data.
apps4fingal also incorporates an ideas prize open to all.
Note The purpose of the Ideas category is to enable non-developers to suggest ideas that could be developed as an App - entries will therefore be published on this site when submitted.
Apps4Fingal Information
Prizes
Rules
Judging Criteria
FAQs
When and Where?
Launch Date: 9th November 2011, County Hall, Swords
Development Day: 3rd December 2011, Blanchardstown Civic Centre
Competition Deadline: Midday, 9th January 2012
Webcast of Apps4Fingal Launch
Apps4Fingal Leaflet
Presentation from Apps4Fingal Launch
Apps4Fingal Event
Over 60 people attended the Apps4Fingal Developer Day Event which took place in Blanchardstown Cibic Centre on 3rd December, 2011 as part of International Open Data Hack Day