We are building 3rd generation Web
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Helsinki Region Infoshare
How is the Capital Region of Finland doing? On the Helsinki Region Infoshare site you can visualize a number of indicators and view information on an interactive map. See our urban data visualizations at the HRI website.
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World Bank Widget
In early 2011 the World Bank held a data visualization contest with 107 participants from around the globe. We were one of the finalists and were awarded an honorable mention. Read more at the World Bank website and please try out our widget!
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It Gets Better – Worldwide
It Gets Better campaign spread around the globe in autumn 2010. In what countries were these videos made? See our It Gets Better visualization.
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Tweets for Equal Europe
Tweets for Equal Europe shows minority-related tweets on the map of Europe. The service won silver in the 2010 INCA Awards.
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Facebook users in Finland
How are Finnish Facebook users distributed? Where is Facebook used the most? What Finnish cities can be targeted with Facebook advertising? Find the answers in our Facebook map widget.
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Nomen est omen
What do public databases in Finland tell about surnames? Are you part of the elite? Find out with the Apps For Democracy Finland 2009 winner app. This service was also awarded Silver at the European Open Data Challenge in 2011.
Are you ready for the new web?
A quiet revolution is taking place on the Internet: alongside the first and second generation of the Internet, a third generation – Web 3.0 – is currently emerging.
The first generation of the Internet (Web 1.0) connected computers. The second generation (Web 2.0) connected people through computerized social networks. The third generation (Web 3.0) brings data to the forefront. Web 3.0 helps share and present data in new ways. Information can easily be combined and reused with other data.
Flo Apps Ltd
Flo Apps Ltd (VAT ID 2238193-2) is a Helsinki-based technology company. We offer our clients modern Internet consultation and implementation, focusing on mashups, data visualizations, Web 3.0 and JavaScript/AJAX.
We are currently serving more than 150 clients. Our clients include cultural institutions (Finnish National Archives, Finnish Museum of Photography, and National Board of Antiquities), public institutions (City of Helsinki, Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Helsinki), organizations (Finnish Literature Society) and private companies (Abbott Ltd, Perfecto Ltd).
Services
Consultation
We help our clients benefit from the new technological advancements. We help our clients find answers to such questions as:
- How can we utilize modern web technologies (JavaScript, AJAX, GoogleMaps, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook)?
- How can we visualize data?
- How can we deploy open data sources on our site?
- As producers of data, what data should we publish and how would this enhance our public image?
- How do we utilize search engine optimization and social media in our marketing?
Customized sites and applications
In addition to consultation we create tailor-made websites and web applications. We mostly use PHP, MySQL, GoogleMaps, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX.
Core skills
Our core skills include:
- Mashups, Linked Data and Open Data
- Data visualization
- Modern web technologies
- Open source solutions
- Search engine optimization
People
Tapio Nurminen (LinkedIn) holds an MA in History from the University of Helsinki. He worked as a web designer for the University of Helsinki 2000 – 2005. Tapio has worked with (X)HTML / CSS since 1998.
Raine Rimpilä studies Computer Science at the University of Helsinki. He worked as a programmer at Nokia Research Center 2006–2007 and received his B.Sc. degree in 2009.
Hans Garritzen received his MA from the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 2000. Hans has earlier worked in the multilingual information design field.
Ilkka Jokipii holds a BA in History from the University of Helsinki and worked as a research assistant in Helsinki 1918 project before joining Flo Apps in spring 2011.
Jaakko Louhio holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki and has worked at Flo Apps Ltd since 2009.
Blog
SilverStripen 3.0-versiota odotellessa
Flo Apps Oy on käyttänyt kesästä 2010 lähtien avoimen lähdekoodin SilverStripe-julkaisujärjestelmää verkkosivustojen valmistamiseen ja niiden ylläpitoon. Tässä lyhyesti kommentteja järjestelmästä ja sen lähitulevaisuuden näkymistä.
Genealogy and open data – Finland, Europe and the US
Flo Apps’ Nomen est omen, which shows you what Finnish public databases tell about your family name, has proven to receive a steady stream of visitors since its launch. Started as a trial in 2009 to show how public online data can be combined and used in novel, informative ways,...
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News from us
Real-Time Egyptian Tweets on Google Maps
This great application for viewing Tweets related to the Egyptian protests was released at the height of the crisis at the beginning of last week.