Cosmic have been a major supporter of BTSC since its inception, when we approached their CEO, Julie Hawker, in the hope she would speak. We’re delighted that Cosmic are also sponsoring the event. We’ve been aware for a long time …
The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that it will release at least 8,000 open datasets in the coming months. It is hoped that by making satellite imagery freely available to the public, it will …
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Researchers use them for estimates, political groups for lobbying, journalists for reporting, companies for strategy and citizens for civic participation. What are they? Public records requests, the official inquiries to governments for nonclassified information. All 50 states guarantee the right …
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Question How relevant retired postcodes are to the use of the addresses we find in Land Registry’s Price Paid (LRPP) data? Answer First of all, what do we call “active” postcodes? As Ordnance Survey’s open data is central to OLAF, …
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By: Francis Lansana, Accountability Lab Resident in Liberia. The blog post was originally published on the Open Government Partnership blog. This year’s Open Government Partnership regional meeting for Africa was held last month in Dar es Salaam, under the theme …
Today the Secretary of State announces the unprecedented release of at least 8,000 UK datasets across the agriculture and food sectors, putting Britain at the front of the open data revolution and helping the food and farming sectors to realise …
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Blog post by George Ingram, chair of our U.S. Advisory Committee & Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. This blog was originally posted on the Brooking’s Institution website here. The end of 2015 is the date by which institutions are supposed to …
The population of Cambridgeshire is forecast to grow by approximately 25% between 2013 and 2036 (Cambridgeshire Research Group’s 2013-Based Population Forecasts). The rise in population will be driven in part by significant housing developments within the County. Cambridgeshire experienced a …
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Share A photo is uploaded to Instagram. Millions of gallons of water course through pipes deep below the street. A plane meanders across the early morning sky. Data can be found everywhere in the world, this isn’t the challenge. The …
After a lot of phone calls, texts, tweets, emails and direct messages we have finalised the line-up for the Beyond the Smart City event, which takes place 25-27 June in Exeter, Devon, UK. Lots of people have already signed up …