Projects
This page lists some of the projects I have been involved in.-
Southampton Open Wireless Network (SOWN)
Community Wireless Network Project
I have been a member of the Southampton Open Wireless Network (SOWN) since 2007. More information about the network can be found at the SOWN Website.
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opendatamap
Map for visualising open data
opendatamap source code
The opendatamap application was initially developed for use at the University of Southampton, but has since been extended for other purposes.
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opendatamap mymap
Tool for generating open geographical data
opendatamap mymap source code
The opendatamap mymap application was developed as a tool to make it easy to generate openly licenceable geographic data. It allows users to build up a map of points of interest by dragging icons onto an Ordnance Survey OpenData map. Discussion of the limitations of existing tools, demonstrating the need for opendatamap mymap is included in a guest blog post which I wrote for the Southampton Open Data Blog.
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Event-Feed-Aggregator
Tool for aggregating event feeds from multiple sources into a single data set (in N-triples RDF format)
Event-Feed-Aggregator source code
Event-Feed-Aggregator is used as the back-end for the University of Southampton Events Calendar.
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lod-search
Simple search tool to allow non-technical users to explore linked data stored in SPARQL endpoints
lod-search source code
Developed at an open data hack day held at the University of Southampton, lod-search is a search tool which makes it easier for non-technical people to search linked data stored in a SPARQL endpoint. It was developed by Colin Williams, Rikki Prince, Andy Newton and Andreas Galazis.
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arduino currentcost bridge with LCD display
Arduino-based solution to upload data from a CurrentCost to the web
A simple project to upload data from a CurrentCost CC128 (which uses a baud rate of 57600) to the web using a nuelectronics ethernet shield (based on Microchip's ENC28J60 chip) and including an LCD display. More details about my arduino currentcost bridge with LCD display.
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reMeet Meeting Playback System
The reMeet Meeting Playback System was developed by James Dimmock, Jonathan Knott, Jonathan Leach, Joel Overton and Colin Williams, under the supervision of Dr Mike Wald.