planningalerts/docs/templates/getinvolved.tpl

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    <p>PlanningAlerts.com is run by volunteers. If you would like to get involved we'd love to here from you:</p>

    <h3>I am a programmer and want to add my local authority</h3>
    <p>
        You can help by writing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_scraping">screen scraper</a> for your local authority that was can import into planningalerts.com. There are only 2 criteria for the screen scraper:
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        <li>That it can output data in the following format: <a href="http://www.planningalerts.com/lambeth.xml">http://www.planningalerts.com/lambeth.xml</a></li>
        <li>That it can accept a query sting in the format day=X&month=Y&year=Z</li>
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       Other than that it's up to you. It can be in any language. You can host them yourself or we can host it for you.
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    <p><span class="highlight">You can grab the code for this site and view some developent tickets <a href="http://code.google.com/p/planningalerts/">here</a> and join our developer mailing list <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/planningalerts-dev"> here</a>.</span>
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    <h3>I work for a local authority and would like to make our data available</h3>
    <p>
        The most important thing you can do is publish your data in a simple format that is freely available on the internet. Something <a href="/lambeth.xml">like this</a> is good but we can work with most formats. Please <a href="/about.php#contact">get in touch</a> if you would like to discuss how you can help.
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