USDA, Microsoft to Launch “Innovation Challenge” to Address Food Resiliency $60,000 in Prizes Offered for Most Creative Applications Using USDA Open Data WASHINGTON, July 24, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with Microsoft to launch …
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Senseye is the latest new partner to join the growing GODAN network. Senseye aims to work with smaller businesses to exploit the Internet of Things revolution to deliver an affordable and easy to use Internet of Assets™ predictive analytics platform. …
This post, written by Kitty Vander-Heijden, Director of the World Resources Institute Europe, is the fourth in our blog series which aims to explore how the Sustainable Development Goals can be drafted to include all social and economic groups. Water is an …
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The Detail Data project aims to help charities develop their ability to use Open Data to effectively create and enhance social, economic and environmental value. As part of the project, the DetailData Portal, a publicly accessible data catalogue (built on DKAN) for Open Data from a …
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Retailers such as Tesco are using weather forecasting data to accurately predict – and fulfill – how the weather affects customer purchasing trends. For commercial enterprises there are also arguments in favour of opening up its own datasets as well …
This post was originally published on the Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab blog. In July 2015 we held our first open data surgery. We met a lot of groups and were able to talk to them about the sorts of …
Open Data Surgeries – Like ‘Embarrassing Bodies’, but with data Read more »
Geocoding is expensive. Translating ‘520 Broadway, NYC’ into ‘40.7226687,-73.9987579′ comes with caveats. You’re up against network endpoints, daily request limits, licensing, and potentially a large bit of cash, depending on your needs. When your collection of addresses is on the …
Why is open sharing of epigenomic (or genomic) data so important for the community? Without it, many millions of hours and dollars spent on research would be lost. Researchers would have to produce new data which would otherwise already be …
Guidance for the open sharing of epigenome data: an author Q+A Read more »
The event is being organised by ‘people before pixels’ – a group dedicated to putting people first when designing public sector services. More information about the event, including details of how to register for free, can be found by clicking here. …
Discussion: Open Data and people – How do they work together? Read more »
… and how many addresses in that postcode, for what matters 🙂 After discussing the volume of addresses we expect to find in one town, we need to do something similar for postcodes. This post builds on the other work …