TY - JOUR T1 - Adding Value to Information Systems Using Free Data JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2007 A1 - Ervin Ruci AB - This article provides an example of how a graduate student in Ontario used open source software and freely available data to solve a technical dilemma, start and grow a business, and provide services which benefit many. It also illustrates how easily new features and customizations can be developed when an API is made available to its users. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/87 IS - August 2007 U1 - Geocoder.ca Ervin Ruci came to Canada from Albania in 1996 as an undergraduate. He graduated in 2001 with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. After graduation he moved to Ottawa, where he worked as Applications Developer for CIRA. Ervin is currently working on his masters degree in Computational Geometry at the Ottawa-Carleton Computer Science Institute. He has also been working on several local start up companies, including Geocoder.ca and Foodpages.ca. ER -